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Name in the record

JANARDAN PASWAN

BJP·RJD·IND·JD

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “JANARDAN PASWAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs — 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
7
1995–2019
Wins
2
Parties
4
States / UT
2

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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Jharkhand4 contests · 20052019 · 1 won
Jharkhand 201927. ChatraBJP77,65535.4%Lost · 2nd
Jharkhand 201427. ChatraRJD37,32020.5%Lost · 3rd
Jharkhand 200927. ChatraRJD67,44151.0%Won
Jharkhand 200527. ChatraRJD45,65035.8%Lost · 2nd
Bihar3 contests · 19952000 · 1 won
Bihar 2000264. ChatraRJD27,68236.6%Lost · 2nd
Bihar 1995115. KumarkhandIND3530.4%Lost · 17th
Bihar 1995264. ChatraJD40,23950.3%Won