Korha Assembly constituency

Korha is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Korha
Constituency No. 69 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Established	1967
Reservation	SC
Elected year	2020

Overview

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 69. Korha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: Korha and Falka community development blocks.^[1]

Korha Assembly constituency is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Name[2]	Party
1967	Bhola Paswan Shastri		Indian National Congress
1969			Lok Tantrik Congress
1972			Indian National Congress
1977	Sita Ram Das		Janata Party
1980	Vishwanath Rishi		Indian National Congress
1985			Indian National Congress
1990	Sita Ram Das		Janata Dal
1995
2000	Mahesh Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2005	Sunita Devi		Indian National Congress
2005
2010	Mahesh Paswan		Bharatiya Janata Party
2015	Punam Kumari alias Punam Paswan		Janata Dal (United)
2020	Kavita Devi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2020

Source:^[3]

2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: Korha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kavita Devi	104,625	53.31%
	INC	Punam Paswan	75,682	38.56%
	NOTA	None of the Above
Majority			28,943
Turnout
Registered electors				[4]
	gain from		Swing