Palamu Lok Sabha constituency explained

Palamu
Type:	LS
Established:	1952
Party:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Mp:	Vishnu Dayal Ram
Latest Election Year:	2019
State:	Jharkhand
Reservation:	None
Assembly Cons:	Daltonganj Bishrampur Chhatarpur Hussainabad Garhwa Bhawanathpur

Palamu Lok Sabha constituency (formerly Palamau Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled castes. This constituency covers the entire Garhwa district and part of Palamu district.

Assembly segments

Palamu Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following six Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments:^[1]

	Name	District	Member	Party
76	Daltonganj	Palamu	Alok Chaurasiya		BJP
77	Bishrampur		Ramchandra Chandravanshi		BJP
78	Chhatarpur (SC)		Pushpa Devi		BJP
79	Hussainabad		Kamlesh Kumar Singh		NCP
80	Garhwa	Garhwa	Mithilesh Kumar Thakur		JMM
81	Bhawanathpur		Bhanu Pratap Sahi		BJP

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1952	Gajendra Prasad Sinha		Indian National Congress
1957
1962	Shashank Manjari		Swatantra Party
1967	Kamla Kumari		Indian National Congress
1971
1977	Ramdeni Ram		Janata Party
1980	Kamla Kumari		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Jorawar Ram		Janata Dal
1991	Ram Deo Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
1996	Braj Mohan Ram
1998
1999
2004	Manoj Kumar		Rashtriya Janata Dal
2006^	Ghuran Ram
2009	Kameshwar Baitha		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
2014	Vishnu Dayal Ram		Bharatiya Janata Party
2019
2024

Election results

2014

See also

• Palamu district
• Garhwa district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes

23.8°N 85.9°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Parliamentary Constituency. Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand website. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226080317/http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ceo/2005/constituencies.html. 2012-02-26.