Name in the record
UMASHANKER
RVLP·IND·BSP·JNP·BJS·JS
This is almost certainly more than one person
The dataset carries no candidate identifier, so every ballot line reading “UMASHANKER” is grouped by name alone. This record shows contests in 2 different states/UTs, a 61-year span across 9 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
9
1951–2012
Wins
3
Parties
6
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.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Votes | Share | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh5 contests · 1996–2012 · 1 won | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh 2012 | 218. Ghatampur | RVLP | 328 | 0.2% | Lost · 16th |
| Uttar Pradesh 2002 | 76. Bangarmau | IND | 290 | 0.2% | Lost · 12th |
| Uttar Pradesh 2002 | 217. Ghazipur | BSP | 43,920 | 29.8% | Won |
| Uttar Pradesh 1996 | 268. Karchana | IND | 865 | 0.6% | Lost · 5th |
| Uttar Pradesh 1996 | 269. Bara | IND | 328 | 0.2% | Lost · 10th |
| Madhya Pradesh1 contest · 1985–1985 · 0 won | |||||
| Madhya Pradesh 1985 | 280. Khategaon | JNP | 574 | 1.4% | Lost · 5th |
| Lok Sabha3 contests · 1951–1967 · 2 won | |||||
| Lok Sabha 1967 | 388. Bhilwara | BJS | 56,030 | 22.6% | Lost · 2nd |
| Lok Sabha 1962 | 193. Mandsaur | JS | 1,17,850 | 50.8% | Won |
| Lok Sabha 1951 | 272. Chittoor | BJS | 52,460 | 46.6% | Won |