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Sasaram, Bihar — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Sasaram (Bihar) was won by Chhedi Paswan (Bharatiya Janata Party) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 165,745 votes over Meira Kumar. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Sasaram, Bihar, from 1957 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1957–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1957 Ramsubhag Singh Indian National Congress 177,130 50.3% Sheopujan Singh (Praja Socialist Party) 45,843 (13.0 pts)
1962 Jagjivan Ram Indian National Congress 137,060 54.3% Rameshwar Agnibhoj (Swatantra Party) 53,995 (21.4 pts)
1967 J. Ram Indian National Congress 149,355 53.9% S. Ram (Praja Socialist Party) 110,666 (39.9 pts)
1971 Jag Jiwan Ram Indian National Congress 210,353 66.9% Mahabir Pasawan (Congress (O)) 122,200 (38.9 pts)
1977 Jagivan Ram Bharatiya Lok Dal 327,995 78.5% Mungeri Lall (Indian National Congress) 243,810 (58.4 pts)
1980 Jagjiwan Ram Janata Party 169,207 44.0% Mahabir Paswan (Congress (I)) 51,170 (13.3 pts)
1984 Jagjiwan Ram ICJ 207,275 48.3% Mahabir Paswan (Indian National Congress) 1,372 (0.3 pts)
1989 Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal 306,615 57.7% Meera Kumar (Indian National Congress) 113,656 (21.4 pts)
1991 Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal 210,823 44.5% Meera Kumar (W) (Indian National Congress) 22,562 (4.8 pts)
1996 Muni Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 282,075 48.2% Chhedi Paswan (Janata Dal) 53,633 (9.2 pts)
1998 Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party 282,865 42.1% Ram Keshi Prasad (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 88,728 (13.2 pts)
1999 Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party 257,223 39.4% Ram Keshi Bharati (Rashtriya Janata Dal) 18,676 (2.9 pts)
2004 Mira Kumar Indian National Congress 416,673 59.8% Muni Lall (Bharatiya Janata Party) 258,262 (37.0 pts)
2009 Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 192,213 32.1% Muni Lal (Bharatiya Janata Party) 42,954 (7.2 pts)
2014 Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 366,087 43.2% Meira Kumar (Indian National Congress) 63,327 (7.5 pts)
2019 Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 494,800 51.8% Meira Kumar (Indian National Congress) 165,745 (17.3 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1957

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ramsubhag Singh Indian National Congress 177,130 50.3%
Sheopujan Singh Praja Socialist Party 131,287 37.3%
Jagdeo Prasad Independent 43,953 12.5%
Chhathu Dusadh Praja Socialist Party 0 0.0%
Jagjiwan Ram Indian National Congress 0 0.0%

1962

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagjivan Ram Indian National Congress 137,060 54.3%
Rameshwar Agnibhoj Swatantra Party 83,065 32.9%
Ram Prakash Lal Praja Socialist Party 15,074 6.0%
Sahdeo Ram Jharkhand Party 11,738 4.6%
Ram Veyas Prasad Socialist Party 5,594 2.2%

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
J. Ram Indian National Congress 149,355 53.9%
S. Ram Praja Socialist Party 38,689 14.0%
S. Choudhary Bharatiya Jana Sangh 31,692 11.4%
R. V. Prasad Samyukta Socialist Party 21,728 7.8%
S. Chamar Independent 13,220 4.8%
R. Chamar Independent 10,592 3.8%
R. P. Das Independent 6,030 2.2%
R. P. Lal Independent 5,801 2.1%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jag Jiwan Ram Indian National Congress 210,353 66.9%
Mahabir Pasawan Congress (O) 88,153 28.0%
Ram Prasad Das Independent 6,421 2.0%
Dular Chand Ram Independent 3,034 1.0%
Kapil Ram Independent 2,627 0.8%
Ram Keshi Prasad Independent 2,455 0.8%
Lakshmi Ram JKP 788 0.3%
Shyam Kumari Independent 460 0.1%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagivan Ram Bharatiya Lok Dal 327,995 78.5%
Mungeri Lall Indian National Congress 84,185 20.1%
Ram Prasad Das Independent 5,696 1.4%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagjiwan Ram Janata Party 169,207 44.0%
Mahabir Paswan Congress (I) 118,037 30.7%
Shiva Nandan Paswan Janata Party (Secular) 80,516 20.9%
Daya Shankar Ram Independent 6,928 1.8%
Ram Prasad Das Independent 4,640 1.2%
Lakshman Ram Independent 2,401 0.6%
R. V. Paswan SSD 1,530 0.4%
Atirajo Devi Independent 1,511 0.4%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jagjiwan Ram ICJ 207,275 48.3%
Mahabir Paswan Indian National Congress 205,903 47.9%
Farsani Ram Independent 5,529 1.3%
Rajni Kant Ram Independent 4,730 1.1%
Ghasita Ram Chaudhary Independent 2,146 0.5%
Mahgoo Ram Independent 1,965 0.5%
Jagdish Narayan Rai Independent 1,434 0.3%
Akloo Ram Independent 584 0.1%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal 306,615 57.7%
Meera Kumar Indian National Congress 192,959 36.3%
Parsu Ram Lal IPF 14,082 2.6%
Kalwshwar Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 12,973 2.4%
Ram Vachen Ram LKD (B) 2,194 0.4%
Arun Kumar Ram Independent 1,739 0.3%
Ghasita Ram Coudhary Independent 870 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal 210,823 44.5%
Meera Kumar (W) Indian National Congress 188,261 39.7%
Surendra Ram Bharatiya Janata Party 40,549 8.6%
Prabhoo Lal Paswan IPF 10,505 2.2%
Sheodhar Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 9,113 1.9%
Mahabir Paswan Janata Party 7,453 1.6%
Shashi Kumar Independent 1,119 0.2%
Devi Dayal Ram Independent 991 0.2%
Shree Govind Ram Independent 863 0.2%
Ramashrit Ram BKUS 783 0.2%
Lakshman Ram Independent 729 0.2%
Murlidhar Ram DDP 515 0.1%
Suchit Ram Independent 504 0.1%
Nathuni Chamar Independent 395 0.1%
Bengali Ram Independent 384 0.1%
Surya Nath Ram Independent 369 0.1%
Raj Kishore Choudhary Independent 307 0.1%
Arun Kumar Ram Independent 169 0.0%
Ram Naresh Ram Independent 74 0.0%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Muni Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 282,075 48.2%
Chhedi Paswan Janata Dal 228,442 39.0%
Vishram Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 32,415 5.5%
Ishwar Dayal Ram Indian National Congress 11,925 2.0%
Ravi Shanker Ram CPI (ML) Liberation 8,670 1.5%
Kanaihya Ram Independent 4,978 0.9%
Sanehi Ram Independent 3,320 0.6%
Jagdish Paswan Independent 2,848 0.5%
Shail Rani Devi Independent 2,046 0.3%
Mohendra Ram Independent 1,818 0.3%
Bangali Ram Independent 1,381 0.2%
Kailash Ram Independent 1,292 0.2%
Arun Kumar Ram SSD 1,243 0.2%
Ramashrit Ram BKUS 857 0.1%
Ram Sakhi Paswan Independent 576 0.1%
Dudhbath Paswan Independent 573 0.1%
Ram Bachan Ram Independent 509 0.1%
Lakshman Paswan Independent 345 0.1%
Ramji Paswan Independent 234 0.0%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party 282,865 42.1%
Ram Keshi Prasad Rashtriya Janata Dal 194,137 28.9%
Chhedi Paswan Bahujan Samaj Party 141,322 21.0%
Rama Shanker Paswan Janata Dal 23,701 3.5%
Ravi Shankar Ram CPI (ML) Liberation 21,307 3.2%
Satyendra Ram Independent 6,509 1.0%
Banshidhar Paswan Independent 2,119 0.3%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party 257,223 39.4%
Ram Keshi Bharati Rashtriya Janata Dal 238,547 36.5%
Chandrika Das Bahujan Samaj Party 82,861 12.7%
Chhedi Paswan Nationalist Congress Party 46,449 7.1%
Ravishanker Ram CPI (ML) Liberation 14,320 2.2%
Amitesh Kumar Choudhary AJBP 7,612 1.2%
Ayodhaya Ram Independent 4,251 0.7%
Tengar Paswan SSD 2,052 0.3%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Mira Kumar Indian National Congress 416,673 59.8%
Muni Lall Bharatiya Janata Party 158,411 22.7%
Madan Ram Bahujan Samaj Party 96,580 13.9%
Dukhi Ram CPI (ML) Liberation 9,936 1.4%
Ashok Kumar SAP 3,587 0.5%
Sudarshan Ram Independent 3,403 0.5%
Shiv Kumar Mushehar AD 2,142 0.3%
Vashishth Paswan Independent 2,131 0.3%
Ram Bachan Ram Samajwadi Party 1,896 0.3%
Tengar Paswan Independent 1,386 0.2%
Phekhu Ram Independent 1,123 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 192,213 32.1%
Muni Lal Bharatiya Janata Party 149,259 24.9%
Lalan Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal 109,498 18.3%
Gandhi Azad Bahujan Samaj Party 96,613 16.1%
Babban Chaudhary LTSD 13,424 2.2%
Dukhi Ram CPI (ML) Liberation 8,284 1.4%
Surendra Ram Independent 6,479 1.1%
Muniya Debi Independent 4,820 0.8%
Bharat Ram Independent 3,606 0.6%
Baliram Ram PMSP 3,406 0.6%
Ram Pravesh Ram Independent 2,921 0.5%
Ram Nagina Ram RKJP 2,055 0.3%
Radha Debi AD 1,706 0.3%
Bhola Prasad IJP 1,688 0.3%
Pramod Kumar Independent 1,584 0.3%
Ramyadi Ram RPI 1,475 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 366,087 43.2%
Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 302,760 35.8%
Karra Parasu Ramaiah Janata Dal (United) 93,310 11.0%
Baleshwar Bharti Bahujan Samaj Party 31,528 3.7%
None Of The Above Independent 13,379 1.6%
Geeta Arya Aam Aadmi Party 11,005 1.3%
Tetri Devi CPI (ML) Liberation 7,486 0.9%
Surendra Ram Independent 6,144 0.7%
Rajnarain Rao Independent 4,395 0.5%
Ravikant Chaudhary Independent 3,980 0.5%
Saroj Ram BMP 3,906 0.5%
Nand Lal Ram Independent 2,808 0.3%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Chhedi Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party 494,800 51.8%
Meira Kumar Indian National Congress 329,055 34.4%
Manoj Kumar Bahujan Samaj Party 86,406 9.0%
Ashok Baitha Independent 10,029 1.0%
Ramekbal Ram Independent 6,410 0.7%
Dharmraj Paswan LJVM 5,978 0.6%
Satya Narayan Paswan Independent 5,222 0.5%
Satya Narayan Ram API 4,770 0.5%
Rajanikant Choudhary Independent 3,557 0.4%
Vidya Jyoti BMP 2,746 0.3%
Ashok Kumar Paswan Independent 2,665 0.3%
Raghuni Ram Shastri Independent 2,421 0.3%
Nirmala Devi PSP(L) 1,702 0.2%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1957: Indian National Congress margin 13.0 pts 1962: Indian National Congress margin 21.4 pts 1967: Indian National Congress margin 39.9 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 38.9 pts 1977: Bharatiya Lok Dal margin 58.4 pts 1980: Janata Party margin 13.3 pts 1984: ICJ margin 0.3 pts 1989: Janata Dal margin 21.4 pts 1991: Janata Dal margin 4.8 pts 1996: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 9.2 pts 1998: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 13.2 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 2.9 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 37.0 pts 2009: Indian National Congress margin 7.2 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 7.5 pts 2019: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 17.3 pts 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Sasaram has been contested at 16 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1957. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Lok Dal, Janata Party, ICJ, Janata Dal, Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Sasaram in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Chhedi Paswan (Bharatiya Janata Party) won Sasaram, Bihar, in 2019 with 494,800 votes (51.8%), a margin of 165,745 votes over Meira Kumar.

Which parties have won Sasaram since 1957?

Since 1957, Sasaram has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharatiya Lok Dal, ICJ, Indian National Congress, Janata Dal, Janata Party.

What was the closest result in Sasaram?

The closest result on record for Sasaram was 1984, when ICJ beat Indian National Congress by just 1,372 votes (0.3 percentage points).

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