Sasaram is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in South Bihar of Bihar and is located in East India. Sasaram Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Rural constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 70.78%. There are 16,07,747 voters of which 8,59,397 are male and 7,48,291 are female and 59 voters of the third gender.
Chhedi Paswan of BJP (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating INC. BJP polled 3,66,087 of the total of 8,46,789 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Sasaram goes to the polls in the 7st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Sunday, May 19, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 52.72%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 34 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 16,07,747 |
| Number of Male Voters | 8,59,397 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,48,291 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | INC |
| Turnout % | 52.72% | 42.7% |
| Margin of Victory | 63,327 | 42,954 |
| Margin of Victory % | 7.48% | 7.17% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | BJP | INC |
| Turnout % | 52.72% | 42.7% |
| Margin of Victory | 63,327 | 42,954 |
| Margin of Victory % | 7.48% | 7.17% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | 494800 | 50.76% | Chhedi PaswanWinner |
| INC | 329055 | 33.76% | Meira Kumar |
| BSP | 86406 | 8.86% | Manoj Kumar |
| NOTA | 18988 | 1.95% | Nota |
| IND | 10029 | 1.03% | Ashok Baitha |
| IND | 6410 | 0.66% | Ramekbal Ram |
| LJVM | 5978 | 0.61% | Dharmraj Paswan |
| IND | 5222 | 0.54% | Satya Narayan Paswan |
| APOI | 4770 | 0.49% | Satya Narayan Ram |
| IND | 3557 | 0.36% | Rajanikant Choudhary |
| BMP | 2746 | 0.28% | Vidya Jyoti |
| IND | 2665 | 0.27% | Ashok Kumar Paswan |
| IND | 2421 | 0.25% | Raghuni Ram Shastri |
| PSP(L) | 1702 | 0.17% | Nirmala Devi |
