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Palamu

Lok Sabha constituency in Jharkhand, reserved for Scheduled Castes. Bharatiya Janata Party has won it 3 times in a row, holding it since 2014. It changed hands 1 time between 2009 and 2024.

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Results, 2009–2024

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
2024Vishnu Dayal RamBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 7,70,362 votesMamta BhuiyanRashtriya Janata Dal, 4,81,555 votes2,88,80721.1%61.9%
2019Vishnu Dayal RamBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 7,55,659 votesGhuran RamRashtriya Janata Dal, 2,78,053 votes4,77,60639.7%64.3%
2014Vishnu Dayal RamBharatiya Janata Party (NDA), 4,76,513 votesManoj KumarRashtriya Janata Dal, 2,12,571 votes2,63,94227.5%59.4%
2009Kameshwar BaithaJharkhand Mukti Morcha (UPA), 1,67,995 votesGhuran RamRashtriya Janata Dal, 1,44,457 votes23,5383.6%46.0%

Source: Election Commission of India statistical reports (2009–2019 via the India Data Portal). Seat names follow the current ECI spelling.