Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palamu
Palamu
Lok Sabha Constituency
Incumbent	Vishnu Dayal Ram
Parliamentary Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1952
Reservation	None
State	Jharkhand
Assembly Constituencies	Daltonganj; Bishrampur; Chhatarpur; Hussainabad; Garhwa; Bhawanathpur

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Palamu Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Palamau Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand district in eastern India. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes. This constituency covers the entire Garhwa district and part of Palamu district.

Assembly segments[edit]

Palamu Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
76	Daltonganj	None	Palamu
77	Bishrampur	None	Palamu
78	Chhatarpur	SC	Palamu
79	Hussainabad	None	Palamu
80	Garhwa	None	Garhwa
81	Bhawanathpur	None	Garhwa

Members of Parliament[edit]

1951: Gajendra Prasad Sinha, Indian National Congress
1957: Gajendra Prasad Sinha, Indian National Congress
1962: Shashank Manjari, Swatantra Party
1967: Kamala Kumari, Indian National Congress
1971: Kamala Kumari, Indian National Congress
1977: Ramdeni Ram, Janata Party
1980: Kamala Kumari, Indian National Congress
1984: Kamala Kumari, Indian National Congress
1989: Jorawar Ram, Janata Dal
1991: Ram Deo Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party
1996: Braj Mohan Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party
1998: Braj Mohan Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party
1999: Braj Mohan Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party
2004: Manoj Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal
2006: Ghuran Ram, Rashtriya Janata Dal
2009: Kameshwar Baitha, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014: Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party
2019: Vishnu Dayal Ram, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results[edit]

2019 Indian general elections: Palamau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vishnu Dayal Ram	7,55,659	62.46
	RJD	Ghuran Ram	2,78,053	22.98
	BSP	Anjana Bhuiyan	53,597	4.43
	CPI(ML)(L)	Sushma Mehta	5,004	0.41
Majority			4,77,606	39.48
Turnout			12,10,426	64.34
	BJP hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Palamau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Vishnu Dayal Ram	4,76,513	48.76
	RJD	Manoj Kumar	2,12,571	21.75
	JVM(P)	Ghuran Ram	1,56,832	16.05
Majority			2,63,942	27.01
Turnout			9,78,159	59.43
	BJP gain from JMM		Swing

2009 Indian general elections: Palamau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JMM	Kameshwar Baitha	1,67,995	25.78
	RJD	Ghuran Ram	1,44,457	22.17
	JVM(P)	Prabhat Kumar	90,206	13.84
Majority			23,538	3.61
Turnout			6,51,579	45.97
	JMM gain from RJD		Swing

Notes[edit]

↑ "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

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Coordinates: 23°48′N 85°54′E / 23.8°N 85.9°E / 23.8; 85.9

[1] "Parliamentary Constituency". Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. Archived from the original on 2012-02-26.

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Assembly segments[edit]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

See also[edit]

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