Name in the record
SAMAR MUKHERJEE
Also on ballots as Samar Mukherjee
AITC·INC·CPM·IND·CPI
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SAMAR MUKHERJEE” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 64-year span across 12 contests, 5 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
1962–2026
Wins
8
Parties
5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bengal9 contests · 1962–2026 · 6 won | |||||
| West Bengal 2026 | 48. Ratua | AITC | 1,06,834 | 45.8% | Won |
| West Bengal 2021 | 48. Ratua | AITC | 1,30,674 | 59.6% | Won |
| West Bengal 2016 | 48. Ratua | INC | 96,587 | 51.9% | Won |
| West Bengal 2011 | 48. Ratua | INC | 74,936 | 48.3% | Won |
| West Bengal 2001 | 43. Ratua | INC | 46,740 | 42.7% | Lost · 2nd |
| West Bengal 1996 | 43. Ratua | INC | 53,347 | 48.1% | Won |
| West Bengal 1982 | 43. Ratua | INC | 35,536 | 50.3% | Won |
| West Bengal 1977 | 30. Karandighi | IND | 4,229 | 11.2% | Lost · 4th |
| West Bengal 1962 | 150. Amta | CPI | 17,975 | 39.2% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha3 contests · 1971–1984 · 2 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1984 | 496. Howrah | CPM | 2,87,174 | 42.4% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1980 | 511. Howrah | CPM | 2,63,337 | 53.0% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1971 | 500. Howrah | CPM | 1,50,917 | 47.7% | Won |