Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency

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Sasaram
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region East India
State Bihar
Established1957
Reservation SC
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress
Elected year2019

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

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Vidhan Sabha segments

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

#NameDistrictMemberParty2019 lead
204 Mohania (SC) Kaimur Sangita Kumari Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janata Party
205 Bhabhua Bharat Bind Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janata Party
206 Chainpur Mohd Zama Khan [lower-alpha 1] Janata Dal (United) Bharatiya Janata Party
207 Chenari (SC) Rohtas Murari Prasad Gautam Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
208 Sasaram Rajesh Kumar Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal Bharatiya Janata Party
209 Kargahar Santhosh Kumar Mishra Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. Elected as BSP candidate switched to JD(U)

Members of Parliament

1952-1957

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

YearNameParty
1952 Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress
Jagjivan Ram

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]

YearNameParty
1957 Ram Subhag Singh Indian National Congress
Jagjivan Ram
1962 Jagjivan Ram
1967
1971
1977 Janata Party
1980
1984 Indian National Congress (J)
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Chhedi Paswan 494,800 50.76 +7.57
INC Meira Kumar 3,29,05533.76-1.96
BSP Manoj Kumar86,4068.86
NOTA None of the Above 18,9881.95
Majority1,65,74517.00+9.53
Turnout 9,75,57754.57
BJP hold Swing

2014 Election

2014 Indian general elections: Sasaram [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Chhedi Paswan 3,66,08743.19
INC Meira Kumar 3,02,76035.72
JD(U) Karra Parasu Ramaiah 93,31011.01
BSP Baleshwar Bharti31,5283.72
AAP Geeta Arya11,0051.30
NOTA None of the Above 13,3791.58
Majority63,3277.47
Turnout 8,47,60852.72
BJP gain from INC Swing

1977 Election

1952 Election

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References

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  2. "Lok Sabha Former Members" Archived 16 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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