Samant Datta : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name Samant Datta contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

1996 for Lok Sabha from Mumbai South Central

LOST against Mohan Vishnu Rawale

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohan Vishnu Rawale	SHS	173,900
Datta Samant	SP	115,248
Jamkhanwala Ishaq Abedin	INC	69,207
Azizbhai	IND	2,540
Shapoorjee C. Surty	IND	1,386
Mahendra Sadashiv Salve	AIIC(T)	1,031
Sahiwala Zoeb Abbas	IND	803
Ansari Mohammad Shamim Zariwala	BMSM	751
Chandra Kishore Gupta	IND	740
Ranjit Bhowmick	SMP	691
Tendulkar Bhushan Suresh	IND	380
Naique Govinda Subrai	IND	183

1995 for Vidhan Sabha from Shivadi

LOST against Rane Dattatraya Mahadeo

with 21% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rane Dattatraya Mahadeo	BJP	35,305
Gaikwad Sumant Sitaram	INC	18,900
Datta Samant	IND	18,695
Ahir Sachin Mohan	IND	7,530
Jain Narendra Mohanlal	JD	2,781
Gawai Rajendra Ramkrishna	RPI	2,654
Bateshwarnath Ramavadhesh Mishra	ABJS	1,122
Tambe Suresh Bhiku	BSP	746
Radhika Shivanand Kanavi	IND	574
Pathak Rameshchandra Kashinath	DDP	393
Akbar Abdul Qureshi	SJP(M)	392
S.M. Abdulla Patel	IND	357
Maru Mathurbhai Vishrambhai	IND	316
Kamble Baburao Ishwara	IND	309
Gopalkrishna Narayan Nayak	IND	78
Sitaram Chimaji Ghandat	IND	42

1991 for Lok Sabha from Bombay South Central

LOST against Mohan Rawale

with 29% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Mohan Rawale	SHS	121,951
Dadasaheb Rupwate	INC	117,549
Datta Samant	IND	98,508
Dhasal Namdeo Laxman	DPP	1,271
Vasant Parab	DDP	690
Maruti Dagadu Galphade	BSP	603
Bateshwar Nath Mishra	IND	583
Shaikh Mohammed Hanif Chandmiya	IND	437
Nikhil Desai	IND	279
Gopal Krishna Gound	IND	169
Ansari Mohamed Ali Bagwala	IND	113

1990 for Vidhan Sabha from Worli

LOST against Nalawade Datta Shankar

with 26% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nalawade Datta Shankar	SHS	31,718
Nanaware Vasant Pandurang	INC	22,312
Vinita Datta Samant	JD	19,489
Chanani Omprakash Brijlal	IND	423
Chavan Sambhajirao Bhanudas	IND	284
Upadhyaya Brijbihari Brijraj	IND	130
Gaikwad Lavendra Sahebrao	IND	60
Sitaram Singh	DDP	59

1989 for Lok Sabha from Bombay South Central

LOST against Vamanrao Mahadik

with 27% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vamanrao Mahadik	IND	160,167
Dadasaheb Rupwate	INC	149,701
Datta Samant	JD	121,995
Jain Kundanmal Khimraj	IND	4,171
Namdeo Dhasal	IND	4,007
Bapu Chandrasen Kamble	IND	1,222
Laxman Alias Rajeshjanku Bhalerao	RPK	958
Moon Mala Rushi	BSP	902
Kashinath Sarjerao Shinde	IND	887
Singh Ram Janam Bala	DDP	727
Ansari Abdul Hameed (Goga)	LKD (B)	537
Bandu Shingre Alias Shingre Guruji	IND	404
Kanojiya Radheyshyam Munnilal	IND	247
Naique Govinda Subrai	IND	139

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Worli

WON against Vasant Pandurang Nanaware

with 45% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vinita Datta Samant	IND	27,412
Vasant Pandurang Nanaware	INC	20,892
Datta Rane	BJP	9,357
K. K. Ghodke	IND	1,294
Chavan Samhbajirao Bhanudas	IND	1,223
Gupta Ramshiromani Kheduram	IND	308
Meena Pereira	IND	287
Prabhakar Narayan Worlikar	IND	103

1984 for Lok Sabha from Bombay South Central

WON against Deshpande Roza Vidyadhar

with 41% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Datta Samant	IND	158,841
Deshpande Roza Vidyadhar	IND	86,230
Vamanrao Mahadik	BJP	75,805
Seraj Mirja	IND	39,971
B. C. Kamble	IND	11,761
Momin Vakar Ahmed	IND	8,532
Gajanand Shinde	IND	1,640
Y. V. N. Rao	IND	892
Sakaldeep Kanojia	IND	742
Mandhare Kisan Ananda	IND	519

1980 for Lok Sabha from Bombay North East

LOST against Subramanian Swamy

with 19% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Subramanian Swamy	JNP	199,472
D. N. Chaulkar	INC(I)	160,566
Datta Samant	IND	94,227
Gurunath Kulkarni	INC(U)	14,351
Malik Liyaqat Husain Ibarat Husain	JNP(S)	12,884
Phale R. B.	RPI	6,134
S. Balakrishnan	IND	2,848
Baldev Raj Mahendra	IND	1,070
Trimbak Ramchandra Narvane	IND	1,036
M. B. Morve	IND	988
Mugamathu Moosa	IND	914
K. D. Mehta	IND	797
Modi Vasantraj Champaklal	IND	730
L. T. Nariani	IND	717
Indra Madanmohan Kapoor	IND	677
Vasant Unde	IND	422
Ramesh Kumar Trikha	IND	370
Yeshoda Rattan Butani	IND	251
Bhaurao Patil	IND	244

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Kurla

WON against Celine D. Silva

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Datta Samant	IND	29,410
Celine D. Silva	INC	22,383
Shamsul Haq Khan	BJP	9,518
A. C. Narayan	JNP	4,722
Sheshrao Dongre	RPI	2,760
R. G. Yadav	IND	167
H. R. Ansari	JNP(SR)	127
Gurubux Singh Sudan	IND	58

1971 for Lok Sabha from Bombay North East

LOST against Rajaram Gopal Kulkarni Alias Raja

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajaram Gopal Kulkarni Alias Raja	INC	283,792
Mukundrao Sundarrao Agaskar	BJS	108,513
K. M. Cariappa	IND	90,110
Manohar Gopinath Kotwal	PSP	11,546
Yeshvant Bhimrao Ambedkar	RPK	11,347
Samant Datta	IND	10,790
Manharlal Vanechand Sanghavi	IND	1,790
Saraswati Hassasing Bhutani	IND	1,111
Harising Narayanji Soda	IND	776
S. Mamibhai Doshi	IND	615
Shivnarayan Ramji	IND	575
Purushottam Ramchandra Sathe	IND	467