Name in the record
DHARAM PAUL
HJP·JKN·INC·IND·LKD·JNP·SWA
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “DHARAM PAUL” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 3 different states/UTs, a 46-year span across 13 contests, 7 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
13
1968–2014
Wins
3
Parties
7
States / UT
4
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jammu & Kashmir4 contests · 1983–2014 · 0 won | |||||
| Jammu & Kashmir 2014 | 60. Udhampur | HJP | 247 | 0.3% | Lost · 11th |
| Jammu & Kashmir 2008 | 67. Hiranagar | JKN | 3,670 | 5.7% | Lost · 4th |
| Jammu & Kashmir 1987 | 57. Bari Brahmanan | LKD | 524 | 1.6% | Lost · 7th |
| Jammu & Kashmir 1983 | 57. Bari Brahminan | LKD | 335 | 1.1% | Lost · 6th |
| Haryana4 contests · 1968–2000 · 1 won | |||||
| Haryana 2000 | 60. Sohna | INC | 32,645 | 37.2% | Won |
| Haryana 1991 | 88. Mahendragarh | IND | 109 | 0.2% | Lost · 23th |
| Haryana 1968 | 5. Yamuna Nagar | SWA | 486 | 1.4% | Lost · 7th |
| Haryana 1968 | 60. Narnaul | IND | 11,361 | 43.7% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha3 contests · 1984–1991 · 1 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 159. Sirsa | IND | 1,274 | 0.2% | Lost · 12th |
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 156. Udhampur | INC | 1,27,161 | 40.7% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 137. Ambala | IND | 1,841 | 0.4% | Lost · 11th |
| Punjab2 contests · 1969–1977 · 1 won | |||||
| Punjab 1977 | 50. Garhdiwala | JNP | 20,969 | 51.6% | Won |
| Punjab 1969 | 68. Kum Kalan | IND | 229 | 0.4% | Lost · 8th |