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Name in the record

RAMESHWAR PASWAN

RJBP·IND·JDU·INC·BJP·JNPSC·SOC

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “RAMESHWAR PASWAN” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 58-year span across 18 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
18
1962–2020
Wins
4
Parties
7
States / UT
1

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
Bihar 2020188. PhulwariRJBP9500.5%Lost · 19th
Bihar 2020240. SikandraIND2,1531.4%Lost · 10th
Bihar 2010240. SikandraJDU39,82938.4%Won
Bihar 2000189. SikandraIND1,3941.3%Lost · 6th
Bihar 199550. MahuaIND6570.7%Lost · 9th
Bihar 1995109. BakhriIND2470.3%Lost · 13th
Bihar 1995189. SikandraINC31,39929.8%Lost · 2nd
Bihar 199050. MahuaIND570.1%Lost · 19th
Bihar 1990189. SikandraINC44,71240.9%Lost · 2nd
Bihar 1985189. SikandraINC49,23354.7%Won
Bihar 1985211. PhulwariIND8,0278.7%Lost · 3rd
Bihar 1980189. SikandraIND40,30446.9%Won
Bihar 1980204. FatwaBJP5,1437.9%Lost · 7th
Bihar 1980211. PhulwariJNPSC16,59321.1%Lost · 3rd
Bihar 1977192. BarbighaINC20,01534.2%Lost · 2nd
Bihar 1977211. PhulwariIND1000.1%Lost · 16th
Bihar 1969172. SikandraINC24,21345.1%Won
Bihar 1962173. BarbighaSOC1,1523.4%Lost · 4th