Sasaram assembly seat of Rohtas district has been very important in the politics of Bihar. Historically, this seat has not only been politically important, but Sasaram assembly seat has also been the center of social and caste equations. In the last several years, Sasaram assembly seat has witnessed many political upheavals. Here the strategy of the parties, caste equation and the image of the candidates together decide the result. There is going to be an interesting contest on this seat this time.
Candidate from Sasaram seat
Rajedi candidate Satyendra Sah, BSP candidate and former MLA Dr. Ashok Singh and Jan Suraj candidate Vinay Singh are in the fray from Sasaram assembly seat. RLM candidate Sneha Lata Kushwaha is contesting from NDA alliance as an outside candidate. Apart from this, many local candidates including Armaan Ahmed Khan from Aam Aadmi Party and Ashutosh Singh from NCP are in the fray.
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existing equation
Kushwaha caste dominates this assembly seat. From 1990 to 2015, no candidate other than Kushwaha caste had won here. The share of Scheduled Caste voters in this assembly constituency is 17.55 percent. There are 15.20 percent Muslim voters. The share of Paswan community is 3.1 percent. There are 2 percent Yadav voters. The total number of voters in this assembly seat is 3,39,218.
History of Sasaram seat
Congress had won from this seat in the years 1962 and 1967. After this, Praja Socialist Party won twice. BJP has hoisted the flag of victory from this seat maximum 5 times. RJD got success for the first time in the year 2000. Then in the elections of 2015 and 2020 also the RJD candidate had won. Janata Dal was also successful in getting MLA from this seat twice. However, JDU has not won this seat yet.