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Bihar · PC 38 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Sasaram

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

MUNI LAL
BJP· BJP
BJP 47.2%JD 38.3%17 others 14.5%
Votes
2,82,075
48.2% share
Winning margin
53,633
9.2% of votes
Total votes cast
5,97,226
Candidates
19
Seat history

All Candidates

19 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
MUNI LAL
2,82,07548.2%
2
CHHEDI PASWAN
2,28,44239.0%
3
VISHRAM RAM
32,4155.5%
4
ISHWAR DAYAL RAM
11,9252.0%
5
RAVI SHANKER RAM
CPI(ML)(L)
8,6701.5%
6
KANAIHYA RAM
IND
4,9780.8%
7
SANEHI RAM
IND
3,3200.6%
8
JAGDISH PASWAN
IND
2,8480.5%
9
SHAIL RANI DEVI
IND
2,0460.3%
10
MOHENDRA RAM
IND
1,8180.3%
11
BANGALI RAM
IND
1,3810.2%
12
KAILASH RAM
IND
1,2920.2%
13
ARUN KUMAR RAM
SSD
1,2430.2%
14
RAMASHRIT RAM
BKUS
8570.1%
15
RAM SAKHI PASWAN
IND
5760.1%
16
DUDHBATH PASWAN
IND
5730.1%
17
RAM BACHAN RAM
IND
5090.1%
18
LAKSHMAN PASWAN
IND
3450.1%
19
RAMJI PASWAN
IND
2340.0%

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
9.2%
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
BJP 48.2%JD 39.0%BSP 5.5%OTH 7.3%

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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