SC · Bihar 1947 1999
Palamau
Braj Mohan Ram (BJP) won by 80,827 votes (13.7%).
- Electors
- 10,79,582
- Votes polled
- 6,03,591
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 55.9%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 13.7% (median 7.6%). Back to Bihar 1947 1999 · 1998 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 | 3,17,513 | 53.7% |
| 2 | Uday Narayan Chaudhary | RJD | 2,36,686 | 40.0% |
| 3 | Kishore Koomar | CPI(ML)(L) | 22,070 | 3.7% |
| 4 | Suren Ram | BJC | 10,096 | 1.7% |
| 5 | Ram Chandra Das | IND | 4,662 | 0.8% |
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