Shakuntala Devi : Political Career

Election history

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

2020 for Vidhan Sabha from Bihariganj

LOST against Niranjan Kumar Mehta

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Niranjan Kumar Mehta	JD(U)	81,531
Subhashini Bundela Alias Subhashini Sharad Yadav	INC	62,820
Vijay Kumar Singh	LJP	8,764
Prabhash Kumar	JAPL	5,604
Shakuntala Devi	SANVP	4,883
Sumit Kumar Alias Sumitranandan Swami	RSTJLKPS	3,309
Vijay Prabhat	PSS	2,802
Anila Devi	IND	1,769
Shankar Kumar	LKSHPLK	1,637
Nota	NOTA	1,590
Pankaj Kumar Jayswal	SUCI	1,585
Dharmendra Kumar	JPS	1,404
Rajeev Rangan Bharti	APKSP	1,328
Om Kumar	BTMSP	1,255
Arun Kumar Hembram	IND	1,121
Mohan Kumar	RSWD	976
Md Masum Raja	BRRTD	950
Aniruddh Mehta	IND	709
Pramod Kumar Nirala	JRJP	627
Jayant Yadav	TPLRSP	590
Kaushal Kumar	BJKD	581
Sadanand Paswan	IND	579
Kamlashwari Das	IND	469

2010 for Vidhan Sabha from Siwan

LOST against Vyasdeo Prasad

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Vyasdeo Prasad	BJP	51,637
Awadhvihari Chaudhry	RJD	39,096
Naimuddin Ansari	CPI(ML)(L)	4,051
Shahid Hussain	BSP	3,391
Bhim Prasad Yadav	IND	2,218
Abdul Rijavan Ansari	IND	1,648
Abhishek Kumar	IND	1,394
Naresh Chand Yadav	IND	1,376
Jaleshwar Bhagat	IND	1,268
Vishwkarma Prasad	ABHM	1,182
Dilip Kumar	IND	1,133
Shreekant Jee	INC	1,126
Safirul Haque	IND	934
Ajay Kumar	IND	905
Raj Kumar Sharma	IND	869
Sangita Sinha	IND	778
Izharul Haque	SP	731
Jalaluddin Ahamad	IND	719
Mansur Alam	IND	528
Upendra Tiwari	LSSP	473
Shambhoo Prasad	IND	459
Sanjeev Kumar	NCP	386
Shakuntala Devi	IND	273
Ali Akhatar	IND	246

2009 for Vidhan Sabha from Sahar

LOST against Ram Naresh Ram

with 12% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Naresh Ram	CPI(ML)(L)	46,288
Ram Naresh Ram	CPI(ML)(L)	40,868
Jyoti	INC	21,717
Shiwesh Kumar	BJP	20,303
Rambabu Paswan	RJD	12,248
Shakuntala Devi	BJP	10,566
Lal Babu	IND	7,167
Nagendra Kumar Vikal	INC	3,092
Binod Kumar Ram	IND	2,766
Ram Briksh Ram	AD	1,372
Upendra Kumar	IND	1,221
Shailendra Kumar	BSP	1,182
Chinta Devi	LJP	1,092
Ram Lagan Ram	IND	826
Vijay Kumar	ABJS	777

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Hajipur

LOST against Moti Lal Sinha Kanan

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Moti Lal Sinha Kanan	LKD	39,592
Jagannath Prasad Rai	INC	21,395
Umesh Chandra Mishra	CPI	15,945
Jagannath Yadav	JNP	4,598
Rambahadur Mitra	CPM	1,447
Devi Bhagat	IND	1,094
Md. Nayam Udin	IND	681
Naresh Kumar Sharma	IND	549
Shakuntala Devi	IND	304
Ramesh Singh	IND	267
Kamlesh Ram	IND	225
Bharat Prasad	IND	149
Raj Kumar Prasad	IND	148
Anil Kumar Singh	IND	90
Chitawan Singh	IND	81
Shankar Singh	IND	61
Srinath Chaudhary	IND	56
Sarbhu Narain Rai	IND	45

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Belhar

LOST against Siyaram Rai

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Siyaram Rai	INC	33,506
Chandra Mauleshwar Singh	IND	16,108
Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh	LKD	13,415
Sushil K. Yadav	BJP	5,674
Rajendra Pandit	JNP	3,626
Shivnandan Das	IND	779
Balaram Prasad Singh	IND	713
Ramdeo Sharma	IND	263
Niamul Mian	IND	231
Bindeshwari Mandal	IND	182
Sahdeo Pandit	JMM	173
Praveen Kumar Sharma	IND	130
Nand Kishore Pandit	IND	103
Shakuntala Devi	IND	88

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Belhar

LOST against Chandra Mauleshwar Singh (Lallan)

with 16% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chandra Mauleshwar Singh (Lallan)	IND	20,939
Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh	JNP(SC)	13,082
Shakuntala Devi	INC	9,771
Bhola Yadav	JNP(SR)	4,299
Nand Kishor Pandit	IND	3,229
Vijay Narain Kapri	INC(U)	2,692
Dinesh Prasad Singh	BJP	2,174
Siya Ram Rai	IND	1,914
Sahdeo Pandit	IND	1,354
Vinay Madal	IND	140
Vinoy Kumar Choubey	IND	110

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Chandi

LOST against Hari Narain Singh

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hari Narain Singh	JNP	38,085
Keshwar Prasad	INC	22,141
Gopal Prasad	IND	3,188
Sita Ram Paswan	IND	3,054
Puneshwar Prasad Singh	IND	1,660
Ram Ishwar Chauhan	IND	971
Shakuntala Devi Mathur	IND	242
Parasnath Prasad	IND	204
Sheonandan Prasad	IND	164
Ram Brichh Singh	IND	118

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Belhar

LOST against Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh

with 16% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chaturbhuj Prasad Singh	JNP	18,079
Chandra Mouleshwar Singh Lalan	IND	8,185
Shakuntala Devi	INC	6,470
Radhey Shyam Rai	IND	5,328
Sushil Kumar Yadav	IND	970
Nand Kishore Singh	IND	814
Hasdeo Kisku	IND	722
Harikesh Thakur	IND	347

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Patna West

LOST against Thakur Prasad

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thakur Prasad	JNP	45,935
Surendra Prasad Yadav	CPI	15,820
Arun Kumar Verma	IND	1,660
Ram Nandan Rai	IND	1,381
Keshwar Prasad	IND	924
Sheo Prasad Rai	IND	800
Satyanand Sharma	IND	719
Rajendra Kumar Sinha	IND	364
Dina Nath Prasad	IND	243
Sheo Prasad Gupta	IND	205
Shibaji Prasad Singh	FBL	185
Laxmi Narayan Mistry	IND	182
Brijnandan Nirmal	IND	157
Girija Nandan Prasad Sinha	IND	133
Yogeshwar Prasad Singh	IND	124
Krishnan Sinha	IND	107
Shakuntala Devi	IND	103
Naresh Kumar Verma	IND	87
Sachida Nand Sahay	IND	56
Vijay Kumar Singh	IND	36
Ravindar Nath Choubey	IND	33
B.N. Sinha	IND	32

1972 for Vidhan Sabha from Belhar

WON against Chaturbhus Prasad Singh

with 36% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	14,822
Chaturbhus Prasad Singh	SOP	9,757
Mahadeo Mahto	NCO	8,360
Hargouri Tewari	BJS	4,560
Nandkishore Singh	IND	2,269
Radhe Shyamrai	SWA	1,725

1962 for Lok Sabha from Banka

WON against Kazi S.A. Matin

with 55% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	87,359
Kazi S.A. Matin	SWA	49,965
Rajendra Prasad Choudhary	JP	21,243

1957 for Lok Sabha from Banka

WON against Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	78,857
Rajeshwar Prasad Chaudhury	JHP	24,198
Bhubneshwar Jha	PSP	20,002
Sukhnarain Singh	IND	15,744
Thakur Narsingh Prasad Singh	IND	15,217

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Motihari

WON against Bigoo Ram

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	22,491
Bigoo Ram	INC	19,801
Kamal Pd. Singh	CNPSPJP	6,043
Sant Sewak Pd.	PSP	4,974
Panchu Sahni	IND	4,841
Kawaldhari Mahra	CNPSPJP	4,135
Puran Ram	IND	4,054
Mathura Pd. Sah	IND	3,571
Birlal Hazara	PSP	3,332
Sarjug Sahni	IND	1,057