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Bihar · PC 54 · 1998Reserved (SC)
Palamu
Winner — Lok Sabha 1998
BRAJ MOHAN RAM
BJP· NDA (NDA)
BJP 52.6%RJD 39.2%3 others 8.2%
Votes
3,17,513
53.7% share
Winning margin
80,827
13.7% of votes
Total votes cast
6,03,591
Candidates
5
Seat history
All Candidates
5 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BRAJ MOHAN RAM | NDA (NDA) | 3,17,513 | 53.7% |
| 2 | UDAY NARAYAN CHAUDHARY | 2,36,686 | 40.0% | |
| 3 | KISHORE KOOMAR | CPI(ML)(L) | 22,070 | 3.7% |
| 4 | SUREN RAM | BJC | 10,096 | 1.7% |
| 5 | RAM CHANDRA DAS | IND | 4,662 | 0.8% |
Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.
A two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
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safe13.7%
— NOT REPORTEDmean 23.6% · min 5.9% · max 62.6%
How contested is turnout?
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48%
lowerhigher
How crowded is the field?
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2.36
fewer partiesmore parties
How much NOTA?
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— NOT REPORTEDHow often does it back the winner?
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neveralways
matches the ruling party
How did the vote split?
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2.36EFFECTIVE PARTIES
BJP 53.7%RJD 40.0%OTH 6.2%
Who ran, on record?
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— NOT YET COMPUTEDHistorical 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.