Name in the record
SHAKUNTLA DEVI
SP·SARSAMP·IND·SAP·INC·VHP
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SHAKUNTLA DEVI” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 4 different states/UTs, a 55-year span across 10 contests, 6 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
10
1962–2017
Wins
2
Parties
6
States / UT
5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh5 contests · 1969–2017 · 1 won | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh 2017 | 134. Powayan | SP | 54,218 | 23.7% | Lost · 2nd |
| Uttar Pradesh 2017 | 219. Madhogarh | SARSAMP | 1,116 | 0.4% | Lost · 9th |
| Uttar Pradesh 1993 | 358. Agra East | IND | 40 | 0.0% | Lost · 33th |
| Uttar Pradesh 1980 | 417. Harora | INC | 18,930 | 31.0% | Lost · 2nd |
| Uttar Pradesh 1969 | 418. Harora | INC | 24,118 | 46.5% | Won |
| Rajasthan1 contest · 2008–2008 · 0 won | |||||
| Rajasthan 2008 | 63. Bansur | IND | 1,073 | 0.9% | Lost · 7th |
| Haryana2 contests · 1972–1996 · 0 won | |||||
| Haryana 1996 | 64. Dadri | SAP | 9,968 | 13.3% | Lost · 3rd |
| Haryana 1972 | 43. Salhawas | VHP | 16,889 | 37.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha1 contest · 1971–1971 · 0 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1971 | 91. Patna | IND | 5,215 | 1.4% | Lost · 6th |
| Bihar1 contest · 1962–1962 · 1 won | |||||
| Bihar 1962 | 18. Motihari | INC | 15,576 | 49.2% | Won |