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Shankar Prasad

27 candidacies between 1962 and 2025, 1 won, across 23 constituencies.

OverviewElection HistoryConstituencies Contested
Contests
27
1962–2025
Won
1
4% win rate
Lost
26
96% of contests
Votes polled
3,00,090
across every contest
Best result
PAROO
41.8% vote share, 2025
Largest victory
28,827
PAROO, 2025

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%12%23%35%47%1962197719801985199019951996199820002005200920102012201420152017201920202025Shankar Prasad

Results Overview

27CONTESTS
  • Won1 (4%)
  • Lost26 (96%)

Parties fought under

  • RJD2015, 2025
  • IND1977, 1980, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2005, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020
  • LJP2019
  • RTSJP2017
  • BMUP2014
  • BSP2010
  • NCP2000
  • JP1996
  • INC1977
  • RRP1962

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