Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)

Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India. It is reserved for Scheduled Castes.

Vidhan Sabha segments

As of May 2019, Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District MLA Party Party Leading
(in 2019)
204 Mohania SC Kaimur Sangita Kumari RJD BJP
205 Bhabhua None Kaimur Bharat Bind RJD BJP
206 Chainpur None Kaimur Mohd Zama Khan JD(U) BJP
207 Chenari SC Rohtas Murari Prasad Gautham INC BJP
208 Sasaram None Rohtas Rajesh Kumar Gupta RJD BJP
209 Kargahar None Rohtas Santhosh Kumar Mishra INC BJP

Note:M.L.A of Constituency No.206 Chainpur won as a candidate of BSP but later joined JD(U).

Members of Lok Sabha

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:[1][2]

Election Name Party
1952 Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress
Jagjivan Ram
1957 Ram Subhag Singh
Jagjivan Ram
1962 Jagjivan Ram
1967
1971
1977 Janata Party
1980
1984 Indian National Congress (Jagjivan)
1989 Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal
1991
1996 Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004 Meira Kumar Indian National Congress
2009
2014 Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

2019 Election
2019 Indian general elections: Sasaram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chhedi Paswan 4,94,800 50.76 +7.57
INC Meira Kumar 3,29,055 33.76 -1.96
BSP Manoj Kumar 86,406 8.86
NOTA None of the Above 18,988 1.95
Majority 1,65,745 17.00 +9.53
Turnout 9,75,577 54.57
BJP hold Swing

2014 Election
2014 Indian general elections: Sasaram[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Chhedi Paswan 3,66,087 43.19
INC Meira Kumar 3,02,760 35.72
JD(U) Karra Parasu Ramaiah 93,310 11.01
BSP Baleshwar Bharti 31,528 3.72
AAP Geeta Arya 11,005 1.30
NOTA None of the Above 13,379 1.58
Majority 63,327 7.47
Turnout 8,47,608 52.72
BJP gain from INC Swing

1977 Election
  • Jagivan Ram (Cong for Democracy, w Janata Party support) : 327,995 votes
  • Mungeri Lall (INC) : 84,185 [5]

1952 Election
  • Two-candidates seat, named Shahabad South
  • Ram Subhag Singh (INC) : 114,988 votes. Lok Sabha Member #1
  • Radha Mohan Singh (SP) : 74,074
  • AND
  • Jagjiwan Ram (INC) : 111,524 votes. Lok Sabha Member #2
  • Chhattu Dusadh (SP) : 62,697

See also

References
  1. "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 77. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  4. "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  5. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html

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