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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
|name = Korha <br />
|type= SLA<br />
| map_image = 69-Korha constituency.svg<br />
| map_caption = <br />
| map_alt = <br />
|mla = [[Kavita Devi (politician)|Kavita Devi]]<br />
|party = {{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]] <!--Year of the last election. Leave blank for former constituencies--><br />
|region = <br />
|state = [[Bihar]]<br />
|district = [[Katihar district|Katihar]]<br />
|division = <br />
| loksabha_cons = <br />
|constituency_no = [[List of constituencies of the Bihar Legislative Assembly|69]]<br />
|established = 1967<br />
| electors = 298,867<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
|abolished = <!-- year abolished --><br />
}}<br />
'''Korha''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Katihar district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Bihar]]. It is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|scheduled castes]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 69. Korha Assembly constituency (SC) is composed of the following: [[Kora, Katihar|Korha]] and Falka [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]].<ref name=commission>{{cite web|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/CurrentElections/CONSOLIDATED_ORDER%20_ECI%20.pdf |title = Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India|work= Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies |access-date = 2011-01-10 }}</ref><br />
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Korha Assembly constituency is part of No 12 [[Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=commission/><br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Name<ref name="election2020">{{Cite web |title=Korha Election and Results 2020, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs |url=https://www.elections.in/bihar/assembly-constituencies/korha.html |access-date= |website=Elections in India}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Bhola Paswan Shastri]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1969 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1969]]<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress}}" |<br />
| Lok Tantrik Congress<br />
|-<br />
|[[1972 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1972]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|Sita Ram Das<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Vishwanath Rishi<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1985 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1985]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Sita Ram Das<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]]<br />
|Mahesh Paswan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Sunita Devi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2005]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]]<br />
|Mahesh Paswan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]]<br />
|[[Punam Paswan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]<br />
|rowspan=2 |[[Kavita Devi (politician)|Kavita Devi]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2025]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
=== 2025 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2025 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Korha<ref name="election2025"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Kavita Devi (politician)|Kavita Devi]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:123495}}<br />
|percentage = 51.82<br />
|change = -1.49<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Punam Paswan]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:101238}}<br />
|percentage = 42.48<br />
|change = +3.92<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Suraaj Party<br />
|candidate = Nirmal Kumar Raj<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:4028}}<br />
|percentage = 1.69<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3162}}<br />
|percentage = 1.33<br />
|change = -0.59<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:22257}}<br />
|percentage = 9.34<br />
|change = -5.41<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:238305}}<br />
|percentage = 79.74<br />
|change = +12.35<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2020 ===<br />
'''Source:'''<ref name="election2025">{{cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/korha-bihar-assembly-constituency|title=Korha Assembly Constituency Election Result|accessdate=5 Feb 2025}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Korha<ref name="election2020"/>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Kavita Devi (politician)|Kavita Devi]]<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:104625}}<br />
|percentage = 53.31<br />
|change = +10.93<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|candidate = [[Punam Paswan]]<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:75682}}<br />
|percentage = 38.56<br />
|change = -6.97<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik)<br />
|candidate = Wakil Das<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3654}}<br />
|percentage = 1.86<br />
|change = +1.06<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Rashtriya Lok Samta Party<br />
|candidate = Lalit Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2151}}<br />
|percentage = 1.1<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3764}}<br />
|percentage = 1.92<br />
|change = -0.3<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:28943}}<br />
|percentage = 14.75<br />
|change = +11.6<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:196260}}<br />
|percentage = 67.39<br />
|change = -2.27<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
<br />
=== 2015 ===<br />
{{Election box begin<br />
|title = [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]]: Korha<ref name="election2015">{{cite web |date=2018-08-20 |title=Bihar General Legislative Election 2015 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3904-bihar-2015/ |website=[[Election Commission of India]]}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Punam Kumari Alias Punam Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:78409}}<br />
|percentage = 45.53<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Mahesh Paswan<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:72983}}<br />
|percentage = 42.38<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)<br />
|candidate = Jay Prakash Rishi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3719}}<br />
|percentage = 2.16<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Lalit Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3199}}<br />
|percentage = 1.86<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Nationalist Congress Party<br />
|candidate = Sunita Devi<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:2097}}<br />
|percentage = 1.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Ravindra Kumar<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:1621}}<br />
|percentage = 0.94<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = [[None of the above (India)|None of the above]]<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:3823}}<br />
|percentage = 2.22<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box majority<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:5426}}<br />
|percentage = 3.15<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = {{formatnum:172222}}<br />
|percentage = 69.66<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web |title=Results of all Bihar Assembly elections |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/category/68-bihar/ |website=eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=15 March 2022}}<br />
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{{Vidhan Sabha constituencies of Bihar}}<br />
{{Purnia Division topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Katihar district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1967]]<br />
[[Category:1967 establishments in Bihar]]</div>
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