Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency

Sasaram
Sasaram
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
Assembly constituencies	Mohania; Bhabhua; Chainpur; Chenari; Sasaram; Kargahar
Established	1957
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Manoj Kumar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

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

Assembly segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
204	Mohania (SC)	Kaimur	Sangita Kumari	BJP	INC
205	Bhabhua		Bharat Bind	BJP	INC
206	Chainpur		Mohd Zama Khan	JD(U)	BJP
207	Chenari (SC)	Rohtas	Murari Prasad Gautam	LJP(RV)	INC
208	Sasaram		Snehlata Kushwaha	RLM	BJP
209	Kargahar		Bashisth Singh	JD(U)	BJP

Members of Parliament

1952-1957

As Shahabad South Lok Sabha constituency in 1st Lok Sabha.

Year	Name	Party
1952	Ram Subhag Singh		Indian National Congress
1952	Jagjivan Ram		Indian National Congress

1957-Present

As Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency from 2nd Lok Sabha onwards. The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:^[1]^[2]

Year	Name
1957	Ram Subhag Singh	Indian National Congress
1957	Jagjivan Ram
1962	Jagjivan Ram
1967
1971
1977		Janata Party
1980		Janata Party
1984		Indian National Congress (J)
1989	Chhedi Paswan	Janata Dal
1991	Chhedi Paswan	Janata Dal
1996	Muni Lall	Bharatiya Janata Party
1998
1999
2004	Meira Kumar	Indian National Congress
2009	Meira Kumar	Indian National Congress
2014	Chhedi Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019	Chhedi Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Manoj Kumar	Indian National Congress

Election results

2024 Indian general elections

2024 Indian general elections: Sasaram^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Kumar	513,004	46.72	12.96
	BJP	Shivesh Kumar	4,93,847	44.98	5.78
	NOTA	None of the above	17,219	1.57	0.38
Majority			19,157	1.74	15.26
Turnout			10,97,925	57.34	2.77
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	12.96

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^[5]^[6]
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

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Sasaram^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Meira Kumar	192,213	32.09
	BJP	Muni Lal	1,49,259	24.92
	RJD	Lalan Paswan	1,09,498	18.28
	BSP	Gandhi Azad	96,613	16.13
	Independent	4 Independent candidates	19,410	3.23
	Other parties	7 Other party candidates	32,038	5.34
Majority			42,954	7.17

2004 Indian general election

2004 Indian general election: Sasaram
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Meira Kumar	416,673	59.76
	BJP	Muni Lall	1,58,411	22.72
	BSP	Madan Ram	96,580	13.85
	CPI(ML)L	Dukhi Ram	9,936	1.42
	SJP(R)	Ashok Kumar	3,587	0.51
	Independent	Sudarshan Ram	3,403	0.49
	AD	Shiv Kumar Mushehar	2,142	0.31
	Independent	Vashishth Paswan	2,131	0.31
	SP	Ram Bachan Ram	1,896	0.27
	Independent	Tengar Paswan	1,386	0.20
	Independent	Phekhu Ram	1,123	0.16
Majority			2,58,262	37.04
Turnout
	Swing to INC from BJP		Swing

1999 Indian general election

1999 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Muni Lall	257,223	39.37
	RJD	Ram Keshi Bharati	2,38,547	36.51
	BSP	Chandrika Das	82,861	12.68
	NCP	Chhedi Paswan	46,449	7.11
	CPI(ML)L	Ravishanker Ram	14,320	2.19
	Ajeya Bharat Party	Amitesh Kumar Choudhary	7,612	1.17
	Independent	Ayodhaya Ram	4,251	0.65
	Shoshit Samaj Dal	Tengar Paswan	2,052	0.31
Majority			18,676	2.86
Turnout			6,62,269	57.87
	Swing to BJP from RJD		Swing

1998 Indian general election

1998 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Muni Lall	282,865	42.10
	RJD	Ram Keshi Prasad	1,94,137	28.89
	BSP	Chhedi Paswan	1,41,322	21.03
	JD	Rama Shanker Paswan	23,701	3.53
	CPI(ML)L	Ravi Shankar Ram	21,307	3.17
	Independent	Satyendra Ram	6,509	0.97
	Independent	Banshidhar Paswan	2,119	0.32
Majority			88,728	13.21
Turnout			6,82,985	59.69
	Swing to BJP from RJD		Swing

1996 Indian general election

1996 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Muni Lal	282,075	48.17
	JD	Chhedi Paswan	2,28,442	39.01
	BSP	Vishram Ram	32,415	5.54
	INC	Ishwar Dayal Ram	11,925	2.04
	CPI(ML)L	Ravi Shanker Ram	8,670	1.48
	Others	2 Other Party Candidates	2,100	0.36
	Independent	12 Independent Candidates	19,920	3.42
Majority			53,633	9.16
Turnout
	Swing to BJP from JD		Swing

1991 Indian general election

1991 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Chhedi Paswan	210,823	44.49
	INC	Meira Kumar	1,88,261	39.73
	BJP	Surendra Ram	40,549	8.56
	IPF	Prabhoo Lal Paswan	10,505	2.22
	BSP	Sheodhar Ram	9,113	1.92
	JP	Mahabir Paswan	7,453	1.57
	Others	2 Other Party Candidates	1,298	0.28
	Independent	11 Independent Candidates	5,904	1.25
Majority			22,562	4.76
Turnout
	Swing to JD from INC		Swing

1989 Indian general election

1989 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD	Chhedi Paswan	306,615	57.70
	INC	Meira Kumar	1,92,959	36.31
	IPF	Parsu Ram Lal	14,082	2.65
	BSP	Kalwshwar Ram	12,973	2.44
	LKD	Ram Vachen Ram	2,194	0.41
	Independent	Arun Kumar Ram	1,739	0.33
	Independent	Ghasita Ram Coudhary	870	0.16
Majority			1,13,656	21.39
Turnout			5,38,050	55.71
	Swing to JD from INC		Swing

1984 Indian general election

1984 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC(J)	Jagjivan Ram	207,275	48.25
	INC	Mahabir Paswan	2,05,903	47.93
	Independent	Farsani Ram	5,529	1.29
	Independent	Rajni Kant Ram	4,730	1.10
	Independent	Ghasita Ram Chaudhary	2,146	0.50
	Independent	Mahgoo Ram	1,965	0.46
	Independent	Jagdish Narayan Rai	1,434	0.33
	Independent	Akloo Ram	584	0.14
Majority			1,372	0.32
Turnout			4,35,671	52.73
	Swing to INC(J) from INC		Swing

1980 Indian general election

1980 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Jagjivan Ram	169,207	43.98
	INC(I)	Mahabir Paswan	1,18,037	30.68
	JP(S)	Shiva Nandan Paswan	80,516	20.93
	Independent	Daya Shankar Ram	6,928	1.80
	Independent	Ram Prasad Das	4,640	1.21
	Independent	Lakshman Ram	2,401	0.62
	Shoshit Samaj Dal	R. V. Paswan	1,530	0.40
	Independent	Atirajo Devi	1,511	0.39
Majority			51,170	13.30
Turnout			3,91,165	52.08
	Swing to JP from INC(I)		Swing

1977 Indian general election

1977 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JP	Jagjivan Ram	327,995	78.49
	INC	Mungeri Lall	84,185	20.15
	Independent	Ram Prasad Das	5,696	1.36
Majority			2,43,810	58.34
Turnout			4,25,637	64.98
	Swing to JP from INC		Swing

1971 Indian general election

1971 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jagjivan Ram	210,353	66.93
	INC(O)	Mahabir Pasawan	88,153	28.05
	Independent	Ram Prasad Das	6,421	2.04
	Independent	Dular Chand Ram	3,034	0.97
	Independent	Kapil Ram	2,627	0.84
	Independent	Ram Keshi Prasad	2,455	0.78
	Jharkhand Party	Lakshmi Ram	788	0.25
	Independent	Shyam Kumari	460	0.15
Majority			1,22,200	38.88
Turnout			3,22,156	52.62
	Swing to INC from INC(O)		Swing

1967 Indian general election

1967 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jagjivan Ram	149,355	53.90
	PSP	S. Ram	38,689	13.96
	ABJS	S. Choudhary	31,692	11.44
	SSP	R. V. Prasad	21,728	7.84
	Independent	S. Chamar	13,220	4.77
	Independent	R. Chamar	10,592	3.82
	Independent	R. P. Das	6,030	2.18
	Independent	R. P. Lal	5,801	2.09
Majority			1,10,666	39.94
Turnout			2,91,181	54.33
	Swing to INC from PSP		Swing

1962 Indian general election

1962 Indian general election: Sasaram (SC)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Jagjivan Ram	137,060	54.27
	SWA	Rameshwar Agnibhoj	83,065	32.89
	PSP	Ram Prakash Lal	15,074	5.97
	ABJS	Sahdeo Ram	11,738	4.65
	Socialist	Ram Veyas Prasad	5,594	2.22
Majority			53,995	21.38
Turnout			2,61,839	62.83
	Swing to INC from SWA		Swing

References

↑ "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Sasaram". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
↑ "Sasaram Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
↑ "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 77. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
↑ "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
↑ "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

External links

Sasaram lok sabha constituency election 2019 result details

Lok Sabha

Preceded by

Satara

Constituency represented by the leader of the opposition
1979

Vacant

till 1989
No Official opposition

Title next held by

Amethi

25°00′N 84°00′E / 25.0°N 84.0°E / 25.0; 84.0

[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

[2024_Loksabha_Elections_Results_-_Sasaram-3] Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Sasaram". Archived from the original on 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.

[Sasaram_Constituency_Lok_Sabha_Election_Result_2024-4] "Sasaram Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.

[5] "General Election of India 2014, Constituencywise detail result" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 77. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[web-arch-turnout-6] "Parliamentary Constituency wise Turnout for General Election - 2014". ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[7] "1977 India General (6th Lok Sabha) Elections Results".

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