Constituency
181. Palamau
Community mirrorJharkhand · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-PALAMAU
JMM 25.8%won by 3.6%RJD 22.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) lost it to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which now leads by 3.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JMM vote shareJMM went from 0.0% to 25.8% of the vote here (+25.8%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.0% between them, down from 55.9% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 3.8% to 46.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
14,17,375
Turnout
46.0%
Valid votes
6,51,262
Margin
23,538
3.61%
Candidates
21 contested · winner JMM- 1KAMESHWAR BAITHAJharkhand Mukti Morcha · JMM1,67,99525.8%
- 2GHURAN RAMRashtriya Janata Dal · RJD1,44,45722.2%
- 3PRABHAT KUMARJVM · JVM90,20613.9%
- 4RADHA KRISHNA KISHOREJanata Dal (United) · JDU64,82410.0%
- 5HIRA RAM TUPHANIBahujan Samaj Party · BSP43,5236.7%
- 6BRAJMOHAN RAMIndependent · IND31,7064.9%
- 7SUSHMA MEHTACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL22,2373.4%
- 8NARESH KUMAR PASWANIndependent · IND12,7462.0%
- 9JAWAHAR PASWANAJSUP · AJSUP9,7351.5%
- 10GANESH RAMJan Kalyan Party · JKP9,3991.4%
- 11PARVATI DEVIMMM · MMM8,8391.4%
- 12SATYENDRA KUMAR PASWANBSSPA · BSSPA6,3341.0%
- 13BIRBAL RAMRashtriya Lok Dal · RLD5,5260.8%
- 14JITENDRA RAMIndependent · IND5,2810.8%
- 15NANDDEV RAMJKPN · JKPN4,8670.7%
- 16SUNESHWAR BAITHAIndependent · IND4,7490.7%
- 17RAJU GUIDE MAJHIABMSD · ABMSD4,6200.7%
- 18BHOLA RAMIndependent · IND4,6090.7%
- 19RAM NARESH RAMRASD · RASD4,1950.6%
- 20MUNESHWAR RAMIndependent · IND3,2860.5%
- 21RAM PRASAD RAMIndependent · IND2,1280.3%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- RJD
- Winner now
- JMMflipped
- JMM–RJD swing
- +35.8%
- JMM share
- 0.0% → 25.8%
- RJD share
- 32.2% → 22.2%
- Turnout
- 49.8% → 46.0%