Palamu Lok Sabha constituency

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.

Palamu JH-13
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Palamu Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	East India
State	Jharkhand
Assembly constituencies	Daltonganj Bishrampur Chhatarpur Hussainabad Garhwa Bhawanathpur
Established	1952
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Vishnu Dayal Ram
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2024

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	4,81,555	34.53
	NOTA	None of the above	24,343	1.75
Majority			2,88,807	20.86
Turnout			13,92,035	61.92
	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

• Palamu district
• Garhwa district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha