Palamu Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Palamau Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 14
Lok Sabha
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(parliamentary) constituencies in
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
district in eastern
India
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. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the
Scheduled castes
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. This constituency covers the entire
Garhwa district
Garhwa District is one of the twenty-four districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Garhwa District is part of the Palamu division and has its administrative headquarters in Garhwa City.
History
The Garhwa District was established on April 1 ...
and part of
Palamu district
Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River.
History
The Palamu district ha ...
.
Assembly segments
Palamu Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six
Vidhan Sabha
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(legislative assembly) segments:
Members of Parliament
*1952:
Gajendra Prasad Sinha
Gajendra Prasad Sinha (born 19 March 1919, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Palamu, Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress
The In ...
,
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
*1957: Gajendra Prasad Sinha,
Indian National Congress
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*1962:
Shashank Manjari,
Swatantra Party
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*1967:
Kamala Kumari
Kamla Kumari was an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Palamu, Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress ...
,
Indian National Congress
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*1971: Kamala Kumari,
Indian National Congress
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*1977: Ramdeni Ram,
Janata Party
The Janata Party ( JP, lit. ''People's Party'') was a political party that was founded as an amalgam of Indian political parties opposed to the Emergency that was imposed between 1975 and 1977 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian Nati ...
*1980: Kamala Kumari,
Indian National Congress
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*1984: Kamala Kumari,
Indian National Congress
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*1989:
Jorawar Ram
Jorawar Ram (25 March 1943 – 4 May 2021) was an Indian politician.
Early life
Jorawar Ram born to Ram Gobind Ram at Palamu, Bihar in a Dusadh family.
He studied at Ganesh Lal Agarwal College, Palamu, Bihar (now Jharkhand).
His elder son ...
,
Janata Dal
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*1991:
Ram Deo Ram
Ram Deo Ram (born 7 January 1937 in Garhi, Palamau district) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram was a first term member of the Lok Sabha in 1991 from the Palamu constituency in Palamau, Jharkhand.
He was ele ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*1996:
Braj Mohan Ram
Braj Mohan Ram (born 1 January 1958 in Chandwa, Palamau district) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2004 from the Palamu constituency in Palamau, Jharkhand.
He was ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*1998:
Braj Mohan Ram
Braj Mohan Ram (born 1 January 1958 in Chandwa, Palamau district) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2004 from the Palamu constituency in Palamau, Jharkhand.
He was ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*1999:
Braj Mohan Ram
Braj Mohan Ram (born 1 January 1958 in Chandwa, Palamau district) is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ram was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 2004 from the Palamu constituency in Palamau, Jharkhand.
He was ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*2004:
Manoj Kumar
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,
Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The party's support base has tradit ...
*2006:
Ghuran Ram
Ghuran Ram is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Palamu, Jharkhand as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal in a bye election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the ...
,
Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Party'') is an Indian political party, based in the states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav.
The party's support base has tradit ...
*2009:
Kameshwar Baitha
Kameshwar Baitha is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Palamu constituency of Jharkhand. He is now the state President of All India Trinamool Congress Jharkhand Unit. He was originally a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Mo ...
,
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...
*2014:
Vishnu Dayal Ram
Vishnu Dayal Ram is a former director general police of Jharkhand state in India. He is a 1973 batch IPS officer and had served as DGP of Jharkhand Police twice from 1 July 2005 to 27 September 2006 and from 4 August 2007 to 13 January 2010. H ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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*2019:
Vishnu Dayal Ram
Vishnu Dayal Ram is a former director general police of Jharkhand state in India. He is a 1973 batch IPS officer and had served as DGP of Jharkhand Police twice from 1 July 2005 to 27 September 2006 and from 4 August 2007 to 13 January 2010. H ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party
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Election results
See also
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Palamu district
Palamu district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was formed in 1892. The administrative headquarter of the district is Medininagar (formerly DaltonGanj), situated on the Koel River.
History
The Palamu district ha ...
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Garhwa district
Garhwa District is one of the twenty-four districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Garhwa District is part of the Palamu division and has its administrative headquarters in Garhwa City.
History
The Garhwa District was established on April 1 ...
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List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
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Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand
Palamu district
Garhwa district