Sasaram Assembly constituency is one of 243 legislative assembly of legislative assembly of Bihar. It comes under Sasaram lok sabha constituency.[1]
| Sasaram Assembly constituency | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 208 for the Bihar Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | East India |
| State | Bihar |
| District | Rohtas |
| Reservation | None |
| Elected year | 2020 |
Overview edit
Sasaram comprises community blocks of Sasaram & Tilouthu.[2] Earlier Rohtas block and Nauhatta block also came under the Sasaram assembly constituency but after the delimitation of 2009 these two blocks began comprising Chenari Vidhansabha.
Social equation edit
Sasaram constituency is dominated by Kushwahas, as a result of which, from 1980 to 2015, in all the assembly elections, only candidates belonging to this caste group has been elected from this constituency. The victory of Ram Sewak Singh in 1980 bihar assembly elections was followed by victory of only Kushwaha candidates from this seat and from the 1990 onwards, the second as well as third runner-ups were also from the same caste. As a result of this, all the political parties started fielding only those candidates, who belonged to this caste group.[3]
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
| Year | Member[4] | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Bipin Behari Sinha | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Ramadhar Dusadh | |||
| 1962 | Dukhan Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Vinod Bihari Singh | ||
| 1969 | Bipin Behari Sinha | Praja Socialist Party | |
| 1972 | Ram Sewak Singh | Hindustani Shoshit Dal | |
| 1977 | Bipin Behari Sinha | Janata Party | |
| 1980 | Ram Sewak Singh | ||
| 1985 | Lok Dal | ||
| 1990 | Jawahar Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | Ashok Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2005 | Jawahar Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2005 | |||
| 2010 | |||
| 2015 | Ashok Kumar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| 2020 | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | ||
Election Results edit
2020 edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(U) | Ashok Kumar | ||||
| LJP | Rameshwar Chaurasiya | ||||
| RLSP | Chandrasekhar Singh | ||||
| PP | Amla Tripathi | ||||
| RJD | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| gain from | Swing | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Sasaram Parliamentary Constituencies". elections.in. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India" (PDF). Schedule VI Bihar, Part A – Assembly constituencies, Part B – Parliamentary constituencies. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ^ "Bihar Chunav 2020 : सासाराम सीट पर है 40 वर्षों से कुशवाहा का कब्जा". prabhat khabar. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Sasaram Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India.
External links edit
- "Results of all Bihar Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.