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SHAKUNTALA DEVI

23 candidacies between 1962 and 2020, 5 won, across 19 constituencies.

Every contest

YearConstituencyHousePartyVotesSharePositionResult
2020BIHARIGANJBiharAESANVP4,8832.61%5Lost
2019BHAWANATHPURJharkhandAEJD(U)2,6661.04%9Lost
2012BALHHimachal PradeshAEAITC3390.67%9Lost
2012KAIMGANJUttar PradeshAEINC19,83310.15%4Lost
2010SIWANBiharAEIND2730.23%23Lost
2007DHARCHULAUttarakhandAEINC4,02211.60%3Lost
2005SAHARBiharAEBJP10,56612.31%3Lost
2002AONLAUttar PradeshAERTKP1,2280.94%7Lost
2002JAKHANIAUttar PradeshAEIND1,3700.96%7Lost
2002MUNDERA BAZARUttar PradeshAEBJP17,57814.68%3Lost
1991SASNIUttar PradeshAEIND2260.29%9Lost
1985BELHARBiharAEIND880.12%14Lost
1985HAJIPURBiharAEIND3040.35%9Lost
1980BELHARBiharAEINC(I)9,77116.37%3Lost
1980HARDWARUttar PradeshLSINC(I)1,24,36230.42%3Lost
1977HARORAUttar PradeshAEINC23,64742.79%2Lost
1977BELHARBiharAEINC6,47015.81%3Lost
1977PATNA WESTBiharAEIND1030.15%17Lost
1974HARORAUttar PradeshAEINC30,10443.09%1Elected
1972BELHARBiharAEINC14,82235.72%1Elected
1962SARSAWAUttar PradeshAEINC19,22448.78%1Elected
1962BANKABiharLSINC87,35955.09%1Elected
1962JASHPURMadhya PradeshAERRP10,46944.96%1Elected

Candidacies are grouped by a normalised name, which is the only key the source data offers. Two different people who share a name will appear on one page, and one person whose name was spelled differently across decades may appear on two. Check the constituency and party before treating a long career as a single person’s.

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