Name in the record
MAHABIR PASWAN
IND·BJP·JP·INC·INCI·NCO·JAP
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “MAHABIR PASWAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 41-year span across 10 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
10
1969–2010
Wins
2
Parties
7
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 · 1969–2010 · 2 won | |||||
| Bihar 2010 | 37. Rajnagar | IND | 2,784 | 2.6% | Lost · 5th |
| Bihar 1995 | 285. Jharia | BJP | 10,267 | 7.5% | Lost · 4th |
| Bihar 1985 | 229. Mohania | INC | 33,201 | 46.0% | Won |
| Bihar 1972 | 203. Pun Pun | NCO | 25,021 | 45.8% | Won |
| Bihar 1969 | 203. Pun Pun | JAP | 9,342 | 21.6% | Lost · 3rd |
| Lok Sabha5 contests · 1980–1991 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 95. Sasaram | JP | 7,453 | 1.6% | Lost · 6th |
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 53. Hajipur | INC | 1,10,681 | 15.1% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 59. Jhanjharpur | IND | 2,698 | 0.5% | Lost · 6th |
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 83. Sasaram | INC | 2,05,903 | 47.9% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1980 | 85. Sasaram | INCI | 1,18,037 | 30.7% | Lost · 2nd |