Name in the record
R.C. PATEL
Also on ballots as R. C. PATEL, R.C.PATEL
BJP·IND
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “R.C. PATEL” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 55-year span across 7 contests — 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
1967–2022
Wins
5
Parties
2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gujarat6 contests · 1995–2022 · 5 won | |||||
| Gujarat 2022 | 174. Jalalpore | BJP | 1,06,244 | 66.8% | Won |
| Gujarat 2017 | 174. Jalalpore | BJP | 86,411 | 55.5% | Won |
| Gujarat 2012 | 174. Jalalpore | BJP | 76,797 | 53.3% | Won |
| Gujarat 2007 | 173. Jalalpore | BJP | 71,101 | 59.6% | Won |
| Gujarat 2002 | 173. Jalalpore | BJP | 51,403 | 47.5% | Won |
| Gujarat 1995 | 178. Bulsar | IND | 6,454 | 5.8% | Lost · 4th |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1967–1967 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1967 | 139. Baroda | IND | 5,758 | 2.0% | Lost · 3rd |