Name in the record
ABDUL GHAFOOR
Also on ballots as Abdul Ghafoor
IND·RJD·SAP·JD·INC·INCU
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “ABDUL GHAFOOR” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 63-year span across 10 contests, 6 different parties — patterns a single career can’t produce. Read each block below as its own thread, and treat the totals as counts for the name, not for a person.
Ballot lines
10
1957–2020
Wins
7
Parties
6
States / UT
2
incl. Lok Sabha
Every contest
Grouped by state and by Lok Sabha — spelling variants are merged, and, without a candidate id, so are different people who share this name.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bihar5 contests · 1957–2020 · 4 won | |||||
| Bihar 2020 | 54. Kishanganj | IND | 978 | 0.5% | Lost · 12th |
| Bihar 2000 | 118. Mahishi | RJD | 49,431 | 36.3% | Won |
| Bihar 1980 | 25. Barauli | INCU | 24,084 | 40.6% | Won |
| Bihar 1962 | 23. Gopalganj | INC | 18,161 | 52.1% | Won |
| Bihar 1957 | 19. Barauli | INC | 8,572 | 39.3% | Won |
| Lok Sabha5 contests · 1977–1998 · 3 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1998 | 63. Gopalganj | SAP | 3,22,012 | 45.7% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 63. Gopalganj | JD | 3,51,243 | 50.3% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 50. Siwan | INC | 2,50,235 | 60.3% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1980 | 51. Gopalganj | INCU | 66,233 | 19.7% | Lost · 3rd |
| Lok Sabha 1977 | 63. Gopalganj | INC | 1,21,474 | 28.9% | Lost · 2nd |