Name in the record
RAGHUNATH JHA
Also on ballots as Raghunath Jha
RJD·JDU·JD·BPP·JP·JNP·INC
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “RAGHUNATH JHA” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 42-year span across 12 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
12
1972–2014
Wins
8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lok Sabha5 contests · 1991–2014 · 2 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 2014 | 61. Paschim Champaran | RJD | 1,21,800 | 14.2% | Lost · 3rd |
| Lok Sabha 2009 | 60. Valmiki Nagar | RJD | 45,699 | 7.6% | Lost · 4th |
| Lok Sabha 2004 | 61. Bettiah | RJD | 2,11,590 | 37.1% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1999 | 63. Gopalganj | JDU | 3,65,107 | 49.2% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1991 | 71. Sheohar | JP | 1,51,242 | 26.4% | Lost · 2nd |
| Bihar7 contests · 1972–1995 · 6 won | |||||
| Bihar 1995 | 66. Sheohar | JD | 55,051 | 58.0% | Won |
| Bihar 1995 | 81. Phulparas | BPP | 2,032 | 2.0% | Lost · 6th |
| Bihar 1990 | 66. Sheohar | JD | 74,616 | 62.1% | Won |
| Bihar 1985 | 66. Sheohar | JNP | 57,208 | 60.9% | Won |
| Bihar 1980 | 66. Sheohar | INC | 55,044 | 54.0% | Won |
| Bihar 1977 | 66. Sheohar | INC | 32,126 | 45.7% | Won |
| Bihar 1972 | 70. Sheohar | INC | 36,033 | 53.8% | Won |