Sasaram Bihar Assembly Election 2025 Date and Candidate List (Photo: File)
Sasaram is a name that wouldn't have escaped the pages of Indian history books, being the capital of the Sur Empire when Sher Shah Suri, the visionary ruler who ousted Humayun and paved the Grand Trunk Road was in power.
It is a district headquarters of Rohtas district in Bihar and its high literacy rate of 80.26 percent notwithstanding, the politics of Sasaram remains mired in caste alignments rather than ideology.
Sasaram will go to the polls in Phase 2 of the Bihar Assembly elections 2025, scheduled on November 11, 2025. The counting of votes will take place on November 14, 2025. One of the 243 constituencies of Bihar legislative assembly, Sasaram is expected to see, once again, an RJD versus BJP contest, with the JD(U) giving the seat a miss.
In the 2020 Assembly elections, Rajesh Kumar Gupta of the RJD defeated JD(U)'s Ashok Kumar by a big margin of 26,423 votes, which was a big blow to the NDA. BJP had given the Sasaram seat, which it had been getting in the past, to JD(U) as part of a seat-sharing deal. Two-time back to back victories had tilted the power equation by making Sasaram a stronghold of Tejashwi Yadav's party.
Voting in all booths will be held from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., besides additional security arrangement in sensitive polling stations, for peaceful election.
According to the Census 2011, Sasaram had 147,396 in population, with 33.31 percent living in urban areas. It reflects both literacy and cultural richness, with the main languages spoken being Hindi, Bhojpuri and Urdu.
As of January 2024, Sasaram had 357,849 registered voters, comprising 17.55 percent Scheduled Castes and 15.20 percent Muslim voters. Approximately 66.70 percent of the electorate lives in rural areas, which gives considerable weight to the rural concerns in the elections.
The Sasaram Assembly constituency was established in 1957 and has since held 17 elections. Over the decades, it has seen the leadership change among the socialist parties, BJP, and Congress.
DISCLAIMER: Election details, dates and candidate information are based on official Election Commission data and public sources; updates may follow official announcements.
