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Name in the record

SURAJ MANDAL

Also on ballots as Suraj Mandal

JVD·JMM·JDU·SP·IND

This is almost certainly more than one person

The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “SURAJ MANDAL” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, 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
15
1980–2009
Wins
4
Parties
5
States / UT
3
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
Lok Sabha8 contests · 1984–2009 · 1 won
Lok Sabha 2009171. GoddaJVD22,2252.8%Lost · 6th
Lok Sabha 2004171. GoddaJDU43,8375.3%Lost · 3rd
Lok Sabha 199987. GoddaJMM1,41,29922.3%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 199887. GoddaJMM2,58,33536.5%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 199687. GoddaJMM1,23,84819.9%Lost · 3rd
Lok Sabha 199186. GoddaJMM2,59,34849.1%Won
Lok Sabha 198973. GoddaJMM1,26,70122.3%Lost · 2nd
Lok Sabha 198473. GoddaJMM69,06816.3%Lost · 3rd
Jharkhand2 contests · 2005–2009 · 0 won
Jharkhand 200916. PoraiyahatJMM30,40121.8%Lost · 2nd
Jharkhand 20059. JamtaraJVD1,8271.4%Lost · 8th
Bihar5 contests · 1980–2000 · 3 won
Bihar 2000162. PoraiyahatSP5,1584.2%Lost · 5th
Bihar 1990162. PoraiyahatJMM39,94439.4%Won
Bihar 1985162. PoraiyahatJMM31,05543.4%Won
Bihar 1980155. JamtaraIND1230.3%Lost · 15th
Bihar 1980162. PoraiyahatJMM24,89441.7%Won