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Kurtha Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results

Who is the MLA of Kurtha? — Pappu Kumar Verma (JD(U)), who won the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 by 5,481 votes. Below: every candidate's votes.

MLA · 2025

Pappu Kumar Verma

JD(U)
Margin: 5,481Comfortable win

Bihar Assembly Election 2025 — results

Winner

Pappu Kumar Verma

JD(U)Comfortable win

votes

74,466

Margin

5,481(3.3%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Pappu Kumar Verma · JD(U)Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday Yadav · RJD
74,46668,985
Candidate (14)votes
  1. 1Pappu Kumar Verma✓ WinnerJD(U)74,46644.9%
  2. 2Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday YadavRJD68,98541.59%
  3. 3Rambali SinghJan Suraaj PartyDeposit lost5,0303.03%
  4. 4Ashok KumarBSPDeposit lost3,3382.01%
  5. 5Buddhadev SavINDDeposit lost2,3271.4%
  6. 6NOTA1,7831.07%
See all candidates (+8)
  1. 7Raushan KumarINDDeposit lost1,6420.99%
  2. 8Vinod KumarINDDeposit lost1,4640.88%
  3. 9Uma Shankar SharanAAPDeposit lost1,4440.87%
  4. 10Arun Kumar Alias Arun KushwahaRashtriya Lok Samta PartyDeposit lost1,4280.86%
  5. 11Vikash KumarINDDeposit lost1,3530.82%
  6. 12Niraj KumarINDDeposit lost1,2010.72%
  7. 13Rupesh KumarSocialist Unity Centre Of India (communist)Deposit lost9300.56%
  8. 14Avinash KumarINDDeposit lost4760.29%
Total votes1,65,867

Deposit lost: 11 of 13 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2025

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
2,59,061

incl. service voters

Votes cast
1,66,028

incl. 1,025 postal

Turnout
64.09%
Polling stations
326

Turnout of men and women

Women66.3%

80,864 of 1,22,048 voted on EVMs

Men61.4%

84,138 of 1,37,010 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 3; 1 voted.

  • Candidates13
  • Lost deposit11
  • NOTA1,783
  • Valid votes1,64,084

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MLA of Kurtha?

Pappu Kumar Verma (JD(U)) won Kurtha in the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 with 74,466 votes.

What was the winning margin in Kurtha?

Pappu Kumar Verma defeated Kumar Krishna Mohan Urf Suday Yadav (RJD) by 5,481 votes.

What was the turnout in Kurtha in 2025?

64.09% — 1,66,028 of 2,59,061 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 66.3%, men's 61.4%.

How many voters does Kurtha have?

2,59,061 electors at the 2025 election — 1,37,010 men, 1,22,048 women, 3 third gender (service voters included), and 326 polling stations.

When is the next assembly election in Kurtha?

The last general election was completed in November 2025. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2030; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.

Source: eci.gov.in · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer