Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency

Sasaram
Sasaram
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Bihar
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.

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

#	Name	District	Member
204	Mohania (SC)	Kaimur	Sangita Kumari	BJP	INC
205	Bhabhua		Bharat Bind	RJD	INC
206	Chainpur		Mohd Zama Khan^[a]	JD(U)	BJP
207	Chenari (SC)	Rohtas	Murari Prasad Gautam	BJP	INC
208	Sasaram		Rajesh Kumar Gupta	RJD	BJP
209	Kargahar		Santhosh Kumar Mishra	INC	BJP

^ Elected as BSP candidate switched to JD(U)

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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Manoj Kumar	513,004	46.76	13
	BJP	Shivesh Kumar	493,847	45.01	5.75
	NOTA	None of the above	17,219	1.57
Majority			19,157	1.75	15.25
Turnout			1,097,075
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

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^[4]^[5]
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 ^[6]

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

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.
^ "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

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[1] Elected as BSP candidate switched to JD(U)

[2] "Election Commission of India" Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

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

[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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