Palamu Lok Sabha Constituency Election Results 2019 in Jharkhand: Vishnu Dayal Ram Wins The Seat
The Palamu Parliamentary constituency has a total of 1,417,375 voters out of which 662,571 are females and 754,804 are males.
Results of Palamu Lok Sabha constituency, along with other parliamentary seats across the nation, has been declared by the Election Commission of India. The seat has been won by Vishnu Dayal Ram of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Palamu was among the 3 parliamentary segments in Jharkhand, which were contested in phase-4. The seat recorded a turnout of 57 per cent. Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Results: Check Tally of BJP, Congress, Other Parties.
In the Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded its current MP Vishnu Dayal Ram from the Palamu constituency. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has fielded its candidate Ghuran Ram for the Palamu seat. Jharkhand Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Schedule: Constituency Wise Dates Of Voting And Results For General Elections.
Lok Sabha Election 2019 Schedule for Palamu Constituency:
| Issue of Notification | April 2 |
| Last date for filing nomination | April 9 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | April 10 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidature | April 12 |
| Date Of Poll | April 29 |
| Date of Result | May 23 |
Watch: Details of Lok Sabha Polls Phase IV
List of States And Constituencies That Will Vote On April 29 In Phase IV
| State (No. of seats voting in this phase) | Constituencies |
| Bihar (5) | Darbhanga, Ujiarpur, Samastipur, Begusarai, Munger |
| Jammu And Kashmir (1) | Anantnag |
| Jharkhand (3) | Chatra, Lohardaga, Palamu |
| Madhya Pradesh (6) | Siddhi, Shahdol, Jabalpur, Mandla, Chhindwara, Balaghat |
| Maharashtra (17) | Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South -Central, Mumbai South, Maval, Shirur, Shirdi |
| Odisha (6) | Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur |
| Rajasthan (13) | Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, Ajmer, Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer, Jalore, Udaipur, Banswara, Chittorgarh, Rajsamand, Bhilwara, Kota, Jhalawar-Baran |
| Uttar Pradesh (13) | Shahjahanpur, Kheri, Hardoi, Misrikh, Unnao, Farrukhabad, Etawah, Kannauj, Kanpur, Akbarpur, Jalaun, Jhansi, Hamirpur |
| West Bengal (8) | Baharampur, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman - Durgapur, Asansol, Bolpur, Birbhum |
Polling in Jharkhand will be held in four phases. According to the ECI, voting in the 14 parliamentary constituencies of Jharkhand will be held in the 4th phase, 5th phase, 6th phase and 7th phases of the general elections. Three seats will be contested on April 29; four constituencies on May 6; four Lok Sabha segments on May 12; and three seats on May 19. The results will be declared on May 23.
Of the 14 Jharkhand Lok Sabha constituencies, three – Chatra, Loherdaga and Palamu – will vote on April 29, the first phase of elections in the state. Still, the much-coveted, Chatra is sticking out like a sore thumb for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The state unit of the party has failed to recommend a “winning candidate” for the seat.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Vishnu Dayal Ram of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won the seat by defeating Manoj Kumar of the Rashtriya Janata Dalparty. The BJP candidate, who is the current MP of the constituency, had won the seat by 476,513 votes.
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