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Name in the record

RAVI SHANKAR

Also on ballots as Ravi Shankar

AASAMP·JDU·RKSP·BSP·LJP·IND·BJP

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “RAVI SHANKAR” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 5 different states/UTs, 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
13
1985–2017
Wins
0
Parties
7
States / UT
6
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
Uttar Pradesh7 contests · 1985–2017 · 0 won
Uttar Pradesh 2017265. KoraonAASAMP1,1360.6%Lost · 11th
Uttar Pradesh 2012180. Rae BareliJDU1,0140.5%Lost · 10th
Uttar Pradesh 2012325. KhajaniRKSP1,0330.6%Lost · 13th
Uttar Pradesh 200780. Bhagwant NagarIND5560.4%Lost · 10th
Uttar Pradesh 2002304. NarainiBJP27,69920.6%Lost · 3rd
Uttar Pradesh 1991301. AuraiyaIND3290.4%Lost · 9th
Uttar Pradesh 1985241. Varanasi CantonmentIND1350.2%Lost · 23th
Haryana1 contest · 2009–2009 · 0 won
Haryana 200957. BhiwaniBSP2,9773.1%Lost · 7th
Lok Sabha2 contests · 1999–2009 · 0 won
Lok Sabha 2009489. JaunpurLJP2,1720.3%Lost · 11th
Lok Sabha 1999429. PilibhitIND1,3450.2%Lost · 8th
Rajasthan1 contest · 1998–1998 · 0 won
Rajasthan 199883. Sawai MadhopurIND3360.3%Lost · 9th
Bihar1 contest · 1995–1995 · 0 won
Bihar 199595. SamastipurIND1450.1%Lost · 25th
Punjab1 contest · 1992–1992 · 0 won
Punjab 199218. Amritsar CentralBSP2630.6%Lost · 4th