Saran Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

Saran Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

Saran Lok Sabha Election 2014 Summary

Known for electing only members belonging to the Rajput and the Yadav communities, the Saran Lok Sabha seat has, once again, proved to be a hot-bed of political battles in the recently-held Parliamentary elections 2014. This seat saw a top notch triangular rivalry between former Chief Minister Rabri Devi of the RJD former Union Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP and Vice-Chairman of Bihar Legislative Council, Salim Parvez, a leader of the JD (U). Parmatma Singh of the AAP was fielded as a candidate in Saran, but could not make much inroad in the electorate. This seat held further political relevance as for four times, it has been won by RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was convicted in a fodder scam case last year. Rajiv Pratap Rudy won the elections, bagging 355120 votes. He defeated his closest rival Rabri Devi by a margin of 40948 votes. The election campaigns of all the candidates were clearly along lines of caste and religion. As the elections have made evident, the Yadav and Muslim votes in the region were bagged by the RJD. Even the presence of a Muslim candidate Parvez, could not much alter the voter equation in the region. Rabri, who lost in two constituencies in the Bihar Assembly elections of 2010, had to defend the prestige and victory of sitting MP, Lalu Yadav in the Saran constituency. She met formidable opposition in the form of Rudy, who not only rode on the Rajput votes in the region, but also on the 'Modi wave', which cast a spell on the nation. Rudy, a former MP from this constituency, championed the cause of the poor people of Saran with his door-to-door campaigns. Rudy also benefitted heavily from the divorce with the JD (U), which was decided by Nitish Kumar last year. Rudy cut into the vote-share of Salim Parvez of the JD (U), which affected the latter quite prominently. It seems that, although belonging to the backward castes himself, Parvez could not strike a chord either with the Dalits, or the Muslims in the constituency.

A seat whose fate has always been decided along caste and community affiliations, Saran did not present a welcoming change in this election. Although Rudy won for the third time, increasing his political prospects, the caste-religion-community balance remains intact in Saran in Bihar.

In Saran, Rajiv Pratap Rudy of Bharatiya Janata Party won the Lok Sabha election defeating Rabri Devi, wife of RJD's chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, by a slim margin of 40948 votes. Rajiv garnered 355120 votes, while Rabri Devi had to contend with 314172 votes only. Saleem Perwez of JD(U) came third with 107008 votes.

Rajiv has contest four LS elections from this constituency. He had won in 1996 and 1999. The RJD chief had worked hard to see his wife and daughter win from their respective constituencies, but luck failed to shine on both of them.

One of the most politically significant constituencies in the overall political ambience of the country, the Saran parliamentary constituency is one of the 40 Lok Sabha seats allotted to the state of Bihar. The Saran Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 20) has a total of 1,268,338 electorates out of which 580,605 are females and 687,733 are males according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports.

Following the Delimitation Commission's order to delimit parliamentary constituencies, this constituency came into existence as recently as 2008, and has Lalu Prasad Yadav as its Member of Parliament, the chief of Rashtriya Janata Dal party. His win in this historic constituency is prominent owing to his massive minority appeal.  

This constituency is situated in the Saran district of Bihar, whose administrative headquarters is located in Chhapra. Six assembly constituencies dot the geography of this Lok Sabha seat, out of which Garkha is reserved for candidates belonging to the scheduled castes. With a massive population of 39,43,098 people as per the census records of 2011, this district houses a majority that belongs to the scheduled caste category.  

This district was the birthplace of the famous stalwart leader Jayaprakash Narayan, who fought for the rights of the marginalized sections of the society. Besides, this district is remembered in the pages of history, for its tremendous contribution to freedom movement against the British. The Saran district has been identified as one of the 250 economically backward districts of the country, and thus being funded under special governmental schemes such as the Backward Region Grant Fund Programme.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Saran Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Saran parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Saran constituency is Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP.

List of Assembly Constituencies in Saran Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Saran parliamentary constituency.