SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Palamau
Braj Mohan Ram (BJP) won by 54,415 votes (11.4%).
- Electors
- 10,64,450
- Votes polled
- 4,86,776
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 45.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 national median: 11.4% (median 9.4%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1996 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1998
- Margin · 1999
- 16.7%(+3.0%)
- Turnout
- 47.8%(-8.1%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 90.0%
Winning margin over time · Palamau
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Braj Mohan RamWinner | BJP | 2,06,419 | 43.4% |
| 2 | Udai Narayan Choudhary | JD | 1,52,004 | 32.0% |
| 3 | Radhakrishna Kishore | INC | 51,237 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Bhuneshwar Ram | BSP | 18,069 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Kanhai Ram | JKP | 7,911 | 1.7% |
| 6 | Narad Muni Ram | IND | 7,910 | 1.7% |
| 7 | Ravindra Ram | CPI(ML)(L) | 7,349 | 1.5% |
| 8 | Ganesh Ram | IND | 5,309 | 1.1% |
| 9 | Jagu Ram | IND | 4,204 | 0.9% |
| 10 | Satya Narayan Ram | JMM | 2,566 | 0.5% |
| 11 | Awadhesh Chhumar | IND | 2,386 | 0.5% |
| 12 | Asharfi Ram | IND | 2,326 | 0.5% |
| 13 | Vishnu Deo Manjhli | IND | 1,612 | 0.3% |
| 14 | Dudhnath Paswan | IND | 1,356 | 0.3% |
| 15 | Awadhesh Ram | IND | 1,179 | 0.2% |
| 16 | Mandeo Baitha | IND | 1,031 | 0.2% |
| 17 | Baleshwar Ram | AIIC(T) | 975 | 0.2% |
| 18 | Saheb Dayal Ram | IND | 705 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Santosh K Paswan | IND | 460 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Hari Ram | IND | 340 | 0.1% |
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