Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency

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

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

Vidhan Sabha segments

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

#	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 lead
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

1. 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
	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]

Year	Name	Party
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
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

1977 Election

• Jagivan Ram (Cong for Democracy, w Janata Party support) : 327,995 votes
• Mungeri Lall (INC) : 84,185 ^[7]

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

See also

• Rohtas district, in Bihar
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha