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113. Palamau

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Bihar · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999

IN-PALAMAU

BJP 53.4%won by 16.7%RJD 36.6%

What changed here

Derived

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.7% to 16.7%.

  • TurnoutTurnout fell 7.6% to 47.1%.
  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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

Electorate
10,80,153
Turnout
47.1%
Valid votes
5,08,960
Margin
85,125
16.73%

Candidates

5 contested · winner BJP
  1. 1Braj Mohan RamBharatiya Janata Party · BJP2,71,65753.4%
  2. 2Jorawar RamRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,86,53236.6%
  3. 3Rampati RamBahujan Samaj Party · BSP34,8096.8%
  4. 4Kishore KumarCpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL11,5942.3%
  5. 5Renu DeviJanahitha Paksha · JP4,3680.9%

Since 1998

Derived
Winner then
BJP
Winner now
BJP
BJP–RJD swing
+3.0%
BJP share
53.7% → 53.4%
RJD share
40.0% → 36.6%
Turnout
54.8% → 47.1%
112. Lohardaga114. Chandigarh
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