The Sasaram Assembly constituency is one of the 243 constituencies in the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It is constituency number 208 of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The constituency is a general seat, and it is not reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Janata Dal United (JDU), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress are the main parties in the state. The Sasaram Assembly constituency comes under Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency. In 2020, Rajesh Kumar Gupta of the RJD won the seat by defeating JDU candidate Ashok Kumar with a margin of 26,423 votes. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Congress candidate Manoj Kumar won from the Sasaram Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 19,157 by defeating Shivesh Kumar of the BJP.
Sasaram Assembly Constituency Demographic Profile
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar is being implemented in accordance with the Election Commission of India's order before the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. The objective of an intensified revision is to ensure that the names of all eligible citizens are included in the Electoral Roll (ER) so as to enable them to exercise their franchise. The last intensive revision in Bihar was conducted by the Commission in the year 2003. The Sasaram Assembly constituency is part of the Rohtas district.
As per data from the Election Commission there were 3,50,097 voters in the Sasaram constituency during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections. Out of this, 1,81,786 voters were male and 1,68,302 were female. Nine voters belonged to the third gender. 1,849 postal votes were cast in the constituency. The number of service voters in Sasaram in 2020 was 969 ( 920 were men and 49 were women).
In 2015, the total number of voters in the Sasaram constituency was 3,27,093, out of this, 1,75,992 voters were male and 1,51,099 were female, and two voters belonged to a third gender. There were 1,402 postal votes in the constituency. The number of service voters in Sasaram in 2015 was 395 (272 were me and 123 were women).
Sasaram Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Poll Date
The Sasaram constituency in Bihar will go to polls in the second phase on November 11 along with the other 121 Assembly constituencies of the state.
Sasaram Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2025: Result Date
The result for Sasaram will be declared on November 14 along with the other 242 Assembly constituencies of Bihar.
Sasaram Constituency Assembly Election 2025 Candidates
Rashtriya Lok Morcha's (RML) Snehlata, Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Satendra Sah and Jan Suraaj Party's (JSP) Binay Kumar Singh are the main candidates in the Sasaram constituency of Bihar. The RLM is in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) in Bihar, while the RJD has a pact with the Congress, Left parties and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP).
Sasaram Constituency 2020 and 2015 Winners (Candidates and Parties)
In the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Rajesh Kumar Gupta won the seat with a margin of 26,423 (14.84%). He polled 83,303 votes with a vote share of 46.54%. Gupta defeated JDU candidate Ashok Kumar, who got 56,880 votes (31.78%). LJP candidate Rameshwar Chaurasiya stood third with 21,426 votes (11.97%).
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections, RJD candidate Ashok Kumar won the seat with a margin of 19,612 (11.48%). He polled 82,766 votes with a vote share of 47.56%. BJP candidate Jawahar Prasad got 63,154 votes (36.29%) and was the runner-up. Independent candidate Krishna Kumar Singh stood third with 9,247 votes (5.31%).
Sasaram Assembly Constituency Past Winners
- 2020: Rajesh Kumar Gupta (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2015: Ashok Kumar Kushwaha (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 2010: Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- October, 2005: Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- February, 2005: Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 2000: Ashok Kumar Kushwaha (Rashtriya Janata Dal)
- 1995: Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 1990: Jawahar Prasad Kushwaha (Bharatiya Janata Party)
- 1985: Ram Sewak Singh (Lok Dal)
- 1980: Ram Sewak Singh (Janata Party)
- 1977: Bipin Behari Sinha (Janata Party)
- 1972: Ram Sewak Singh (Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party)
Sasaram Constituency Voter Turnout in 2020 and 2015
The total number of valid votes polled during the 2020 Bihar Assembly Elections was 1,79,072 or 51.15% in the Sasaram Legislative Assembly Constituency. In 2015, the total number of valid votes in this Assembly seat was 174,230 or 53.27%.
