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Name in the record

MAHENDRA KARMA

Also on ballots as Mahendra Karma

INC·IND·CPI

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “MAHENDRA KARMA” 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
10
1980–2008
Wins
4
Parties
3
States / UT
3
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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Chhattisgarh2 contests · 2003–2008 · 1 won
Chhattisgarh 200888. DantewadaINC24,25025.1%Lost · 3rd
Chhattisgarh 200369. DantewadaINC24,57235.9%Won
Lok Sabha5 contests · 1984–2004 · 1 won
Lok Sabha 2004109. BastarINC1,58,52035.2%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1999240. BastarINC1,34,68437.8%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1998239. KankerINC2,15,75136.7%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 1996240. BastarIND1,24,32232.1%Won
Lok Sabha 1984225. BastarCPI42,41919.5%Lost · 2nd
Madhya Pradesh3 contests · 1980–1998 · 2 won
Madhya Pradesh 1998154. DantewadaINC16,85643.8%Won
Madhya Pradesh 1985154. DantewaraCPI8,81942.9%Lost · 2nd
Madhya Pradesh 1980154. DantewadaCPI7,21041.1%Won