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Bihar · PC 38 · 1991Reserved (SC)

Sasaram

Winner — Lok Sabha 1991

CHHEDI PASWAN
JD· Janata Dal
JD 43.9%INC 39.2%17 others 16.9%
Votes
2,10,823
44.5% share
Winning margin
22,562
4.8% of votes
Total votes cast
4,80,393
Candidates
19
Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
CHHEDI PASWAN
2,10,82344.5%
2
MEERA KUMAR (W)
1,88,26139.7%
3
SURENDRA RAM
40,5498.6%
4
PRABHOO LAL PASWAN
IPF
10,5052.2%
5
SHEODHAR RAM
9,1131.9%
6
MAHABIR PASWAN
JP
7,4531.6%
7
SHASHI KUMAR
IND
1,1190.2%
8
DEVI DAYAL RAM
IND
9910.2%
9
SHREE GOVIND RAM
IND
8630.2%
10
RAMASHRIT RAM
BKUS
7830.2%
11
LAKSHMAN RAM
IND
7290.1%
12
MURLIDHAR RAM
5150.1%
13
SUCHIT RAM
IND
5040.1%
14
NATHUNI CHAMAR
IND
3950.1%
15
BENGALI RAM
IND
3840.1%
16
SURYA NATH RAM
IND
3690.1%
17
RAJ KISHORE CHOUDHARY
IND
3070.1%
18
ARUN KUMAR RAM
IND
1690.0%
19
RAM NARESH RAM
IND
740.0%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (31st), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
4.8%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 15.5% · min 0.3% · max 58.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
53%
lowerhigher
31st of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.32
fewer partiesmore parties
27th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.8%
lowerhigher
26th of 40

How often does it back the winner?

SEAT
neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.32EFFECTIVE PARTIES
JD 44.5%INC 39.7%BJP 8.6%OTH 7.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
43,91,418
Density
883 / km²
Sex ratio
938 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
4,976 km²
SC population30.4%
ST population0.1%
NITI Aspirational District · 2023-24

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
88%HINDU
Hindu 88.3%Muslim 11.1%Other 0.6%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water5.3%
Electricity16.3%
Sanitation24.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births76.6%
Children fully vaccinated85.0%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER47.4%
Children underweight (under 5)43.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER64.3%
Women literate59.4%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.8%
Clean cooking fuel34.7%
Health insurance9.7%

What's nearby?

12 locations
SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Handloom/Garments🏺Stone Art🏺Tilkut
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Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

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Ancient mound in the hill known as Sobhnath

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Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

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Ancient mound in the valley known as Hansra Kol

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

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Ancient stupa and other remains locally known as Sujata garh

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of four Hindu deities one on each side of an oblong isolated bolder to the east of Kauadol hill

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a…

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the face of an isolated round boulder separated by a distance of 12 feet from the south-eastern corner of Kauadol hill

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Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of…

🏛️MonumentASI

Sculptures of various Hindu deities carved on the northern and eastern faces of some rocks of Kauadol hill

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