Name in the record
SHANTA KUMAR
Also on ballots as Shanta Kumar
BJP·JNP·BJS
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SHANTA KUMAR” is grouped by name alone. This record shows a 42-year span across 13 contests — 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
1972–2014
Wins
9
Parties
3
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 Sabha6 contests · 1989–2014 · 4 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 2014 | 159. Kangra | BJP | 4,56,163 | 57.1% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 2004 | 161. Kangra | BJP | 2,96,764 | 46.1% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1999 | 164. Kangra | BJP | 3,25,066 | 58.8% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1998 | 164. Kangra | BJP | 3,34,684 | 52.6% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1996 | 164. Kangra | BJP | 2,26,293 | 42.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1989 | 150. Kangra | BJP | 2,35,147 | 46.3% | Won |
| Himachal Pradesh7 contests · 1972–1993 · 5 won | |||||
| Himachal Pradesh 1993 | 45. Sulah | BJP | 13,478 | 44.4% | Lost · 2nd |
| Himachal Pradesh 1990 | 44. Palampur | BJP | 18,012 | 58.4% | Won |
| Himachal Pradesh 1990 | 45. Sulah | BJP | 14,930 | 56.5% | Won |
| Himachal Pradesh 1985 | 45. Sulah | BJP | 10,557 | 47.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Himachal Pradesh 1982 | 45. Sulah | BJP | 11,857 | 56.9% | Won |
| Himachal Pradesh 1977 | 45. Sulah | JNP | 11,832 | 67.5% | Won |
| Himachal Pradesh 1972 | 49. Khera | BJS | 5,166 | 43.6% | Won |