Ram Chandra Ram (died 2 March 2009,

Ranchi Ranchi (; ) is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern ...

) was an Indian politician, affiliated to the

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(CPI).

History

Ram made his electoral debut in the Simaria Legislative Assembly constituency in the

1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The 10th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 1990, to elect representatives for the Bihar Legislative Assembly. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Janta Dal, riding on the pan-India victory of 1989, during V. P. Sing ...

. He finished in second place with 18,832 votes (30.04% of the vote). In the

1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election The 11th Bihar Legislative Assembly elections were held in March 1995, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Janata Dal got a decisive victory in the state; political manoeuvre ensured Lalu Prasad Yadav's victory in the chie ...

, Ram finished in second place in Simaria with 19,271 votes (24.36%). Ram contested the

2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in February 2000, to elect the 324 members of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won the most seats, but a short-lived government was formed by an alliance that included the Bharatiy ...

. He finished in third place in Simaria with 11,532 votes (24.11%). Ram contested the

2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election The 2005 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election was held in three phases from 3 to 23 February 2005 to elect the 81 members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. It was the first election held in Jharkhand to elect the Second Jharkhand Legislat ...

(the state of

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

had been carved out of Bihar by this time). He finished in second place in Simaria with 24,438 votes (23.2%). Ram was elected to the

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Legislative Assembly, commonly known as the Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Ranchi, the capital of the state. List of assemblies ...

in a by-election held for the Simaria seat in February 2008. The by-poll had been called following the death of incumbent BJP legislator Upendra Nath Das. Ram's campaign was supported by the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

(CPI(M)),

Rashtriya Janata Dal The Rashtriya Janata Dal ( RJD; translation: National People's Party) is an Indian political party, mainly based in the state of Bihar. The party was founded in 1997 by Lalu Prasad Yadav. The party's support base has traditionally been Other ...

(RJD) and

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (; ) is a political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand, founded by Binod Bihari Mahato, Shibu Soren, and A. K. Roy. Hemant Soren is the president of the JMM. JMM is also an influential political party in the state ...

(JMM). The Union Railway Minister

Laloo Prasad Yadav Lalu Prasad (born 11 June 1948) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Bihar, chief minister of Bihar from 1990 to 1997 with a brief interruption in 1995 and as the Railway Minister (India), union minister for Railways fro ...

visited Simaria to campaign for Ram.''Times of India''.
CPI prefers to maintain distance from Congress in Jharkhand
' Ram obtained 30,700 votes (26.31%).Election Commission of India.

' Following the by-election, Ram became the sole CPI legislator in the 82-member assembly. He took his oath as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in

on 8 February 2008. Ram suffered a heart attack in Ranchi on 2 March 2009. He was declared dead upon reaching Central Coalfield Ltd (CCL) hospital.''

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter o ...

''.
Jharkhand CPI legislator Ram Chandra Ram is dead
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ram, Ramchandra 2009 deaths Communist Party of India politicians from Jharkhand Jharkhand MLAs 2005–2009