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← Bihar · 1996

lok sabha / GENERAL ELECTION

PALAMU · 1996

Bihar · Constituency 54

Public archive reference. Candidate names and historical geography are reproduced as supplied. Source rank and vote order are not a reviewed winner declaration.

Candidate records · 20 rows
Source rankCandidatePartyVotesSource vote share
1BRAJ MOHAN RAMBJP206,41943.42%
2UDAI NARAYAN CHOUDHARYJD152,00431.98%
3RADHAKRISHNA KISHOREINC51,23710.78%
4BHUNESHWAR RAMBSP18,0693.80%
5KANHAI RAMJKP7,9111.66%
6NARAD MUNI RAMIND7,9101.66%
7RAVINDRA RAMCPI(ML)(L)7,3491.55%
8GANESH RAMIND5,3091.12%
9JAGU RAMIND4,2040.88%
10SATYA NARAYAN RAMJMM2,5660.54%
11AWADHESH CHHUMARIND2,3860.50%
12ASHARFI RAMIND2,3260.49%
13VISHNU DEO MANJHLIIND1,6120.34%
14DUDHNATH PASWANIND1,3560.29%
15AWADHESH RAMIND1,1790.25%
16MANDEO BAITHAIND1,0310.22%
17BALESHWAR RAMAIIC(T)9750.21%
18SAHEB DAYAL RAMIND7050.15%
19SANTOSH K PASWANIND4600.10%
20HARI RAMIND3400.07%

Source & record context

Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University

TCPD Indian Elections Dataset (TCPD-IED), Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University. June 2023 archive.

Valid votes in source475,348
Electors in source1,064,450

Boundary identifier: 3 · Dataset: tcpd-ge

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