Saran Lok Sabha constituency

Saran is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.^[1]^[2] This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.^[3] Before delimitation, it was Chapra (Lok Sabha constituency).

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#	Name	District	Member
117	Marhaura	Saran	Jitendra Kumar Ray	RJD	BJP
118	Chapra		C. N. Gupta	BJP	BJP
119	Garkha (SC)		Surendra Ram	RJD	RJD
120	Amnour		Krishna Kumar (Mantu Patel)	BJP	BJP
121	Parsa		Chhote Lal Ray	RJD	RJD
122	Sonpur		Ramanuj Prasad Yadav	RJD	RJD

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	471,752	46.18	5.11
	RJD	Rohini Acharya	4,58,091	44.84	6.56
	NOTA	None of the above	11,417	1.11	1.89
Majority			13,661	1.34
Turnout			10,22,613	56.79
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	499,342	51.29	+10.17
	RJD	Chandrika Roy	3,60,913	38.28	+1.9
	NOTA	None of the Above	28,267	3.00	+0.78
Majority			1,38,429	14.70
Turnout			9,43,615	56.60
	BJP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	355,120	41.12	+2.83
	RJD	Rabri Devi	3,14,172	36.38	−10.38
	JD(U)	Saleem Perwez	1,07,008	12.39	N/A
	BSP	Bal Mukund Chauhan	15,500	1.79	−5.96
	NOTA	None of the Above	19,163	2.22	N/A
Majority			40,948	4.74	−4.18
Turnout			8,63,254	56.10	+7.33
	BJP gain from RJD		Swing

Vidhan Sabha segments

2009 Indian general elections: Saran
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RJD	Lalu Prasad Yadav	274,209	47.21
	BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy	2,22,394	38.29
	BSP	Salim Parwez	45,027	7.75
	Independent	Sheo Das Singh	9,798	1.69
Majority			51,815	8.92
Turnout			5,80,829	48.77
	RJD win (new seat)