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Winner — 1990

JAWAHIR PRASAD
BJP· BJP
BJP 39.9%SOP(L) 22.5%32 others 37.6%
Votes
42,956
39.9% share
Winning margin
18,695
17.4% of votes
Total candidates
34
Turnout
57.8%
of 1,86,282

Sasaram is a safe seat — JAWAHIR PRASAD won by 17.4%.

Seat history

All Candidates

34 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
JAWAHIR PRASAD
BJP
42,95639.9%
2
BIPIN BIHAR SINHA
SOP(L)
24,26122.5%
3
RAM SEWAK SINGH
National Front
14,74913.7%
4
KHURSHID ANWAR
IND
13,82112.8%
5
RAM CHANDRA SINGH
IND
3,0862.9%
6
ANWAR KHAN
INC
2,0681.9%
7
DINA SINGH
IPF
1,3471.3%
8
CHANDRADEO BIND
IND
8220.8%
9
BHAGWAN RAM
IND
7940.7%
10
SUMAT SINGH
JNP(JP)
7090.7%
11
RAM DULARI DEVI
IND
3900.4%
12
KHELARI SINGH
IND
2920.3%
13
NITYANAND SHARMA
IND
2790.3%
14
SHEO PD. SINGH
IND
2410.2%
15
PURSHOTAM MISHRA
IND
1730.2%
16
RAM DULAR MISHRA
IND
1660.1%
17
GAURI SHANKAR
IND
1600.1%
18
KESHWAR PD. GUPTA
IND
1570.1%
19
INDERDEO SINGH
LKD(B)
1530.1%
20
CHHOTKAN JAMAL
1520.1%
21
MADHUP CHAND PATHAK
BKUS
1170.1%
22
PRADIP KUMAR JOSHI
IND
1080.1%
23
GAURI SHANDAR PASWAN
IND
1000.1%
24
HIRDYANAND CHAUDHARY
IND
920.1%
25
JAGROPAN SINGH
IND
860.1%
26
OM PRADASH SINGH
IND
730.1%
27
RAM NRAYAN SINGH
IND
650.1%
28
BINAYAK PANDEY
IND
520.1%
29
RAMESH SINGH
IND
470.0%
30
AKCHHAYA KUMAR PASWAN
IND
430.0%
31
UMESH KU. MISAR
IND
300.0%
32
DIPA YADAV
SSD
210.0%
33
BHAGWAT PRASAD
IP
150.0%
34
AJIJA ZUBERI
IND
90.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

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.

High turnout (37th), a closer-than-average contest, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
17.4%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 13.9% · min 0.6% · max 33.3%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
73%
lowerhigher
37th of 243

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
199th of 243

How much NOTA?

SEAT
1.5%
lowerhigher
153rd of 243

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
324 seats · 163 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 39.9%SOP(L) 22.5%JD 13.7%IND 12.8%OTH 11.0%

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?

5 locations
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Known forDISTRICT
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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…

🏛️MonumentASI

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

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

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

🏛️MonumentASI

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

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose…

🏛️MonumentASI

The whole of the ancient ruins on which there are a colossal statue of Buddha, a few loose sculptures and thirteen sandstone pillar

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