Korba

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Korba is one of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies of Chhattisgarh.

According to the census, the total population of Korba is 21,32,322, among which 9.20% of voters are from Scheduled Caste while 44.98% voters belong to Scheduled Tribes. Further, 30.56% of voters live in urban areas while 69.44% voters stay in rural areas.

The total number of voters from the constituency are 14,19,610. Of them, 7,25,821 and 6,93,789 are male and female voters respectively.

To recall, the sitting MP Dr. Banshilal Mahato from BJP defeated INC's Charan Das Mahant by a small margin of 4,265 votes in the previous elections.

For the 2019 general elections of Korba, a total of 74% voters got inked.

After a neck-to-neck battle which brought voters on the edge of their seats, JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT won the Korba. JYOTI NAND DUBEY was defeated by a margin of 26,349 votes.

For this seat, Bharatiya Janata Party placed its bet on Jyoti Nand Dubey while the Indian National Congress fielded Jyotsna Charandas Mahant. Parmit Singh was the candiate from Bahujan Samaj Party.