Kursi election result 2022 Live updates: BJP's Sakendra Pratap has won the Kursi Asembly constituecy with a huge margin. His closest rival was SP's Rakesh Kumar Verma.
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Kursi, which falls under the Barabanki Lok Sabha constituency, has been under BJP's rule for the last five years. Congress has fielded Urmila Pate while Kumari Meeta Gautam is backed by the BSP. The constituency will also see Neeraj Kumar Rawat representing AAP.
In 2017, Sakendra Pratap Verma of Bharatiya Janata Party won the seat by defeating Fareed Mahfooz Kidwai from Samajwadi Party with a margin of 28679 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Upendra Singh Rawat won from Bara Banki Lok Sabha (MP) Seat with the margin of 110140 votes by defeating Ram Sagar Rawat from the Samajwadi Party.
Polling in Kursi assembly constituency was held on February 27, 2022.
