Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency

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

Sasaram
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateBihar
Established1957
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

# Name District Member Party 2019 lead
204 Mohania (SC) Kaimur Sangita Kumari RJD BJP
205 Bhabhua Bharat Bind RJD BJP
206 Chainpur Mohd Zama Khan JDU BJP
207 Chenari (SC) Rohtas Murari Prasad Gautam INC BJP
208 Sasaram Rajesh Kumar Gupta RJD BJP
209 Kargahar 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 Parliament

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

    Year Name Party
    1952 Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress
    Jagjivan Ram
    1957 Ram Subhag Singh
    Jagjivan Ram
    1962
    1967
    1971
    1977 Janata Party
    1980
    1984 Indian National Congress
    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
    2019 Indian general elections: Sasaram
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    BJP Chhedi Paswan 494,800 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. "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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