Chandra Shekhar
51 candidacies between 1971 and 2025, 15 won, across 35 constituencies.
Contests
51
1971–2025
Won
15
29% win rate
Lost
36
71% of contests
Votes polled
26,95,983
across every contest
Best result
BALLIA
72.4% vote share, 1977
Largest victory
1,86,605
BALLIA, 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
Results Overview
- Won15 (29%)
- Lost36 (71%)
Parties fought under
- RJD2015, 2020, 2025
- ASPKR2022
- IND1971, 1974, 1980, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1993, 1993, 1993, 1996, 1996, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2017
- SSD1977, 2012
- JPS2009, 2012, 2012
- BRPP2007
- RLD2002, 2007
- SJPR1998, 1999, 2004
- BJP1993, 2002
- BSP1993, 1999
- INC1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1998
- BKDJ1996
- SAP1996
- SP1993
- JP1991, 1991
- JD1989
- BLD1977
- SOP1974
