Korha is an assembly

Vidhan Sabha

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 constituency in Katihar district

Katihar District

Katihar district is one of the thirty-seven districts of Bihar state, India, and Katihar town is the administrative headquarters of this district...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of Bihar

Bihar

Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the 12th largest state in terms of geographical size at and 3rd largest by population. Almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, which is the highest proportion in India....

. It is reserved for scheduled castes.

Extent

As per Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008, No 69. Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) (SC) is composed of the following: Korha

Kora, Katihar

Korha is a town with sub division office in Katihar district in the Indian state of Bihar.-Geography:Kora is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Transport:...

 and Falka community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

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Korha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No 12 Purnia (Lok Sabha constituency).

1977-2010

In the 2010 state assembly elections

Bihar legislative assembly election, 2010

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, Mahesh Paswan of BJP

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 won the Korha assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Sunita Devi of Congress

Indian National Congress

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. 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

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

 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

Janata Party

The Janata Party was an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the state of emergency imposed by the government of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Indian National Congress...

defeated Viswanath Rishi of Congress.