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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.

ElectionConstituencyPartyVotesShareResult
Gujarat6 contests · 19952022 · 5 won
Gujarat 2022174. JalalporeBJP1,06,24466.8%Won
Gujarat 2017174. JalalporeBJP86,41155.5%Won
Gujarat 2012174. JalalporeBJP76,79753.3%Won
Gujarat 2007173. JalalporeBJP71,10159.6%Won
Gujarat 2002173. JalalporeBJP51,40347.5%Won
Gujarat 1995178. BulsarIND6,4545.8%Lost · 4th
Lok Sabha1 contest · 19671967 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 1967139. BarodaIND5,7582.0%Lost · 3rd