Sasaram Vidhan Sabha Seat Result in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020: RJD's Rajesh Kumar Gupta Wins, Elected as MLA
Voting for the Sasaram election will take place on November 3 in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes for the Bihar Polls will take place on November 10.
Bihar, October 21: Sasaram Vidhan Sabha seat is situated in Rohtas district in Bihar. Sasaram comprises community blocks of Sasaram and Tilouthu. Voting for the Sasaram election took place on November 3 in the first phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2020. Counting of votes for the Bihar Polls was held on November 10 and the results were also declared on the same day. The seat was won by RJD's Rajesh Kumar Gupta in Bihar Assembly Elections 2020.
In the 2015 Bihar Assembly election, the Sasaram constituency was won by Ashok Kumar of RJD, and Jawahar Prasad of BJP was the runner-up.
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Rashtriya Janata Dal got 80 seats in the 2015 Assembly elections, while Janata Dal (United ) managed to win 71 seats. Bharatiya Janata Party won 53 seats and Congress won 27 seats. The contesting candidates for 2020 polls from Sasaram seat are Rameswar Prasad from Lok Jan Shakti Party, Asuthosh Singh from Nationalist Congress party among others.
According to the IANS-C Voter survey, the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine or the NDA is expected to return to power in Bihar. The similar projection has been made by some other surveys.
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| RAJIV RANJAN TUTUL | Bhartiya Sablog Party | 868 |
| RAJESH KUMAR GUPTA (Current MLA) | RJD | 83303 |
| AJAY KUMAR SINGH | Sanyukt Vikas Party | 700 |
| ASHOK KUMAR (Current MLA) | JD(U) | 68356 |
| YAMUNA CHOUDHARY | All India Minorities Front | 634 |
| SATYENDRA KUMAR SATYA | IND | 616 |
| BADAL KUMAR | Bahujan Mukti Party | 575 |
| RAM SAGAR DWIVEDY | IND | 490 |
| LAKSHMI DEVI | Proutist Sarva Samaj | 460 |
| URMILA KUER | IND | 430 |
| JAGTENDU KUMAR | Rashtra Sewa Dal | 411 |
| ARVIND SINGH | Rashtriya Samanta Dal | 408 |
| ARUN KUMAR | Hindu Samaj Party | 381 |
| MUNESHWAR GUPTA | IND | 2463 |
| DEEN DAYAL SINGH | IND | 2178 |
| SATYANAND KUMAR | IND | 1691 |
| AMLA TRIPATHI | IND | 1476 |
| UDAY AMAR SINGH | IND | 1415 |
| ASHUTOSH SINGH | NCP | 1095 |
| RAMESHWAR PRASAD | LJP | NA |
| MLA Candidates | Party | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Ashok Kumar (Current MLA) | RJD | 82766 |
| Jawahar Prasad | BJP | 63154 |
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