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Palamu Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Palamau Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 14
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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 . I ...
district in eastern
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. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the
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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 h ...
.


Assembly segments

Palamu Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six
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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 E ...
*1957: Gajendra Prasad Sinha,
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 E ...
*1962: Shashank Manjari,
Swatantra Party The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party, that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's increasingly soci ...
*1967: Kamala Kumari,
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 E ...
*1971: Kamala Kumari,
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 E ...
*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,
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*1984: Kamala Kumari,
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 E ...
*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 Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth annive ...
*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 e ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
*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 wa ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
*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 wa ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
*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 wa ...
,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
*2004:
Manoj Kumar Harikrishan Goswami (born 24 July 1937), better known by his screen name Manoj Kumar, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, screenwriter, lyricist and editor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is known for acting and making films with patriotic theme ...
, Rashtriya Janata Dal *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 The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: ''National People's Part ...
, Rashtriya Janata Dal *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 t ...
*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 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
*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 The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...


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 h ...
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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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