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Bihar · PC 54 · 1996Reserved (SC)

Palamu

Winner — Lok Sabha 1996

BRAJ MOHAN RAM
BJP· BJP
BJP 42.4%JD 31.2%18 others 26.4%
Votes
2,06,419
43.4% share
Winning margin
54,415
11.4% of votes
Total votes cast
4,86,776
Candidates
20
Seat history
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All Candidates

20 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
BRAJ MOHAN RAM
BJP
2,06,41943.4%
2
UDAI NARAYAN CHOUDHARY
JD
1,52,00432.0%
3
RADHAKRISHNA KISHORE
INC
51,23710.8%
4
BHUNESHWAR RAM
BSP
18,0693.8%
5
KANHAI RAM
JKP
7,9111.7%
6
NARAD MUNI RAM
IND
7,9101.7%
7
RAVINDRA RAM
CPI(ML)(L)
7,3491.6%
8
GANESH RAM
IND
5,3091.1%
9
JAGU RAM
IND
4,2040.9%
10
SATYA NARAYAN RAM
JMM
2,5660.5%
11
AWADHESH CHHUMAR
IND
2,3860.5%
12
ASHARFI RAM
IND
2,3260.5%
13
VISHNU DEO MANJHLI
IND
1,6120.3%
14
DUDHNATH PASWAN
IND
1,3560.3%
15
AWADHESH RAM
IND
1,1790.3%
16
MANDEO BAITHA
IND
1,0310.2%
17
BALESHWAR RAM
AIIC(T)
9750.2%
18
SAHEB DAYAL RAM
IND
7050.1%
19
SANTOSH K PASWAN
IND
4600.1%
20
HARI RAM
IND
3400.1%

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The RecordThe PlaceThe State

A two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
11.4%
— NOT REPORTED
mean 23.6% · min 5.9% · max 62.6%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
48%
lowerhigher

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.36
fewer partiesmore parties

How much NOTA?

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How often does it back the winner?

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neveralways

matches the ruling party

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 43.4%JD 32.0%INC 10.8%OTH 13.8%

Who ran, on record?

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Historical constituency — last contested in 1999. Redrawn or abolished in a later delimitation, so it has no present-day district or state context; its full territorial history is above and in the Seat-history drawer.

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