RAM SHANKER

22 candidacies between 1962 and 2012, 1 won, across 22 constituencies.

Contests

1962–2012

Won

5% win rate

Lost

95% of contests

Votes polled

2,39,127

across every contest

Best result

RAE BARELI NORTH

41.4% vote share, 1962

Largest victory

1,495

MISRIKH, 1998

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

SSD1974, 2012
IND1969, 1974, 1974, 1977, 1989, 1989, 1989, 1993, 1993, 1993, 1996, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2002, 2009
NLP2002
BSP1998
BJS1974
INC1962