Palamu (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

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
80 Garhwa None Garhwa
81 Bhawanathpur None Garhwa
77 Bishrampur None Palamu
78 Chhatarpur SC Palamu
79 Hussainabad None Palamu

Members of Parliament

Election results
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

See also

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

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