Palamu Lok Sabha constituency

Palamu
JH-13
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateJharkhand
Assembly constituenciesDaltonganj
Bishrampur
Chhatarpur
Hussainabad
Garhwa
Bhawanathpur
Established1952
ReservationSC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Palamu Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Palamau Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state 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

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

# Name District Member Party 2024 Lead
76 Daltonganj Palamu Alok Kumar Chaurasiya BJP BJP
77 Bishrampur Naresh Prasad Singh RJD BJP
78 Chhatarpur (SC) Radha Krishna Kishore INC BJP
79 Hussainabad Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav RJD BJP
80 Garhwa Garhwa Satyendra Nath Tiwari BJP BJP
81 Bhawanathpur Anant Pratap Deo JMM BJP

Members of Parliament

Year Member Party
1952 Gajendra Prasad Sinha Indian National Congress
1957
1962 Shashank Manjari Swatantra Party
1967 Kamla Kumari Indian National Congress
1971
1977 Ramdeni Ram Janata Party
1980 Kamla Kumari Indian National Congress (I)
1984 Indian National Congress
1989 Jorawar Ram Janata Dal
1991 Ram Deo Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
1996 Braj Mohan Ram
1998
1999
2004 Manoj Kumar Rashtriya Janata Dal
2006^ Ghuran Ram
2009 Kameshwar Baitha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014 Vishnu Dayal Ram Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Palamau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishnu Dayal Ram 770,362 55.39
RJD Mamta Bhuiyan 481,555 34.53
NOTA None of the above 24,343 1.75
Majority 2,88,807 20.86
Turnout 13,90,738 61.27 Decrease3.07
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Palamau
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Vishnu Dayal Ram 755,659 62.46
RJD Ghuran Ram 2,78,053 22.98
BSP Anjana Bhuiyan 53,597 4.43
CPI(ML) Sushma Mehta 5,004 0.41
Majority 4,77,606 39.48
Turnout 12,10,426 64.34
BJP hold Swing

2014

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

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

See also

Notes

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

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