DES RAJ
53 candidacies between 1962 and 2017, 10 won, across 37 constituencies.
Contests
53
1962–2017
Won
10
19% win rate
Lost
43
81% of contests
Votes polled
4,55,673
across every contest
Best result
BANIKHET
75.4% vote share, 1972
Largest victory
16,893
INDRI, 1977
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
- Won10 (19%)
- Lost43 (81%)
Parties fought under
- IND1962, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1980, 1985, 1985, 1987, 1987, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2012, 2017
- BSP2014
- BJP1982, 1982, 1985, 1985, 1990, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2007
- INLD2005
- SAD2002
- RJD1999
- JKN1996
- CPI1972, 1977, 1977, 1996
- INC1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1996
- DDP1993
- JD1992
- JP1991
- JNP1977, 1977, 1977
- NCO1972
- JS1962
