About Korha

Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (Hindi: ) is an assembly constituency in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is reserved for scheduled castes.As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 69. Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Korha and Falka community development blocks.[1] Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).In the Bihar assembly election 2015 Grand alliance candidate Punam Kumari alias Punam Paswan of congress won Korha (SC) seat defeating her nearest NDA rival Mahesh Paswan of BJP. In the 2010 state assembly elections, Mahesh Paswan of BJP won the Korha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sunita Devi of Congress.[2] Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Sunita Devi of Congress defeated Mahesh Paswan of BJP in October 2010 and February 2010. Mahesh Paswan of BJP defeated Sunita Devi of Congress in 2000. Sitaram Das of JD defeated Sunita Devi of Congress in 1995 and Vishwanath Rishi of Congress in 1990. Viswanath Rishi of Congress defeated Kuldip Paswan, Independent, in 1985 and Bhoop Lal Paswan of Janata Party (Secular Charan Singh) in 1980. Sita Ram Das of JP defeated Viswanath Rishi of Congress.