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99. Palamau

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-PALAMAU

JD 37.3%won by 8.7%BJP 28.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Janata Dal (JD), which now leads by 8.7%.

  • JD vote shareJD went from 0.0% to 37.3% of the vote here (+37.3%).
  • New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.6% — it did not contest here in 1984.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.9% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 42.0%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
9,11,225
Turnout
42.0%
Valid votes
3,82,294
Margin
33,396
8.74%

Candidates

8 contested · winner JD
  1. 1JAORWAR RAMJanata Dal · JD1,42,57337.3%
  2. 2RAM DEO RAMBharatiya Janata Party · BJP1,09,17728.6%
  3. 3KAMLA KUMARIIndian National Congress · INC89,26723.4%
  4. 4KISHORE KUMARIPF · IPF22,9656.0%
  5. 5JAGJIBAN RAMLkd (B) · LKDB8,1172.1%
  6. 6BIRBAL RAMDDP · DDP3,7371.0%
  7. 7UNDESWAR RAMPBI · PBI3,3410.9%
  8. 8BHIKHAM MOCHIIndependent · IND3,1170.8%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
JDflipped
JD–BJP swing
+8.7%
JD share
0.0% → 37.3%
BJP share
0.0% → 28.6%
Turnout
46.5% → 42.0%
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