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Ashok Sharma

32 candidacies between 1972 and 2025, 2 won, across 26 constituencies.

OverviewElection HistoryConstituencies Contested
Contests
32
1972–2025
Won
2
6% win rate
Lost
30
94% of contests
Votes polled
7,80,335
across every contest
Best result
PATHANKOT
56.9% vote share, 2002
Largest victory
59,276
RAJNANDGAON, 1996

Vote share by contest

Chronological, one point per candidacy — not one per year, since a career can include more than one contest in the same election

0%16%32%48%64%19721990199319951996199819992000200220042007200820092012201320172018201920202025Ashok Sharma

Results Overview

32CONTESTS
  • Won2 (6%)
  • Lost30 (94%)

Parties fought under

  • IND1972, 1990, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1996, 1996, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2025
  • SBSPSP2019
  • BJP1993, 1996, 1998, 1998, 2018
  • JD(U)2013
  • JKP2009
  • INC2002, 2007, 2008
  • AJBP1998, 2000
  • NCP2000
  • RJD2000
  • SJPR1999

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