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Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)

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Member of parliament
  
Chhedi Paswan

State
  
Bihar

Female electors
  
748,350

Party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

Male electors
  
859,397

Last election
  
Indian general election, 2014

Assembly segments
  
Sasaram, Mohania, Chenari, Kargahar, Bhabua, Chainpur

Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency (Hindi: सासाराम लोक सभा निर्वाचन क्षेत्र) is one of the 40 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Bihar state in eastern India.

Contents

Assembly segments

Presently, Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:

  1. Mohania
  2. Bhabua
  3. Chainpur
  4. Chenari
  5. Sasaram
  6. Kargahar

Members of Parliament

The following is the list of the Members of Parliament elected from this Lok Sabha constituency:

  • 1952: Jagjivan Ram (जगजीवन राम), Indian National Congress
  • 1957: Jagjivan Ram, Indian National Congress
  • 1962: Jagjivan Ram, Indian National Congress
  • 1967: Jagjivan Ram, Indian National Congress
  • 1971: Jagjivan Ram, Indian National Congress
  • 1977: Jagjivan Ram, Janata Party
  • 1980: Jagjivan Ram, Janata Party (as the Party's prime ministerial candidate)
  • 1984: Jagjivan Ram, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan) (Defeated Mahabir Paswan of Congress)
  • 1989: Chhedi Paswan (छेदी पासवान), Janata Dal (Defeated Jagjivan Ram's daughter Meira Kumar of Congress)
  • 1991: Chhedi Paswan, Janata Dal (Defeated Jagjivan Ram's daughter Meira Kumar)
  • 1996: Muni Lall (मुनी लाल), Bharatiya Janata Party (Defeated Chhedi Paswan)
  • 1998: Muni Lall, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 1999: Muni Lall, Bharatiya Janata Party
  • 2004: Meira Kumar (मीरा कुमार), Indian National Congress (Jagjivan Ram's daughter)
  • 2009: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress
  • 2014: Chhedi Paswan, Bharatiya Janata Party (Defeated Meira Kumar of Congress)
  • References

    Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency) Wikipedia