Shakuntala : Political Career

Election history

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

2022 for Vidhan Sabha from Kaimganj

LOST against Dr. SURABHI

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dr. SURABHI	ADAL	114,952
SARVESH AMBEDKAR	SP	96,409
DURGA PRASAD	BSP	18,443
ARUN KUMAR	JANADIP	4,664
SHAKUNTALA	INC	2,244
NOTA	NOTA	1,618
LAKSHMI	IND	1,537
PRASHANT KUMAR	AAAP	1,364

2022 for Vidhan Sabha from Bansi

LOST against Jai Pratap Singh

with 2% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jai Pratap Singh	BJP	84,596
Naveen	SP	64,256
Radheshyam	BSP	22,071
Shakuntala	SDU	4,049
Saimuhammad	AIMIM	3,443
Kiran Shukla	INC	2,931
Pradeep Kumar	AAAP	2,080
NOTA	NOTA	1,598
Serveshwer Tripathi	IND	1,018
Dinesh	BEP	818
Fakhruddin	IND	704
Roonamati	ABHASP	645
Hari Shankar	BAHUMP	545

2012 for Vidhan Sabha from Kaimganj

LOST against Ajit Kumar

with 10% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ajit Kumar	SP	56,279
Amar Singh	BJP	34,441
Anurag	BSP	31,912
Shakuntala Devi	INC	19,833
Pawan Kumar	JAKP	18,767
Ramvilas	MD	14,494
Laxmi Rita	RLM	11,014
Yatyendra Kumar	RTRJP	1,691
Maniram	IND	1,466
Vimla Devi	IND	1,366
Rambilas @ R.B.Singh	AITC	923
Ajay Pal	IND	857
Sanket	RKSP	840
Amar Singh	JD(U)	589
Reshma	IND	576
Raman Kumar	BMSKM	442

2012 for Vidhan Sabha from Bhadohi

LOST against Jahid Beg

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jahid Beg	SP	78,698
Ravindranath Tripathi	BSP	62,457
Shailendra	BJP	26,066
Abdul Hadi	PECP	9,659
Tanveer	INC	8,637
Rupdhari Pal	PMSP	6,237
Indradev	CPM	2,024
Ramjeet	CPI(ML)(L)	1,859
Mahendra Kumar Gond	RGOP	1,469
Vijendra	IND	1,347
Kashinath	RUC	1,328
Purnima Pandey	NAP	1,119
Akhilesh	NCP	1,111
Shakuntala	AITC	1,046
Ghanshyam	RLM	827
Jai Prakash	QED	778
Jatashankar	IND	714
Ramdhani Yadav	SSD	681
Namvar Singh	LJP	596
Bankelal	ARVP	561
Harischandra	IJP	545
Ravishankar	IND	540
Prabhat	JD(U)	469

2007 for Vidhan Sabha from Bisauli

LOST against Umlesh Yadav

with 6% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Umlesh Yadav	RPD	51,116
Yogendra Kumar Kunnu	SP	37,808
Lokendra Kumar	BSP	23,688
Shakuntala	INC	8,129
Prem Swaroop Pathak	BJP	4,390
Suresh	IND	2,571
Zubair Alam	RLD	2,096
Vijendra Yadav	IJP	950
Satendra	IND	752
Yogendra Pal	IND	649

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Jakhania

LOST against Chhedi Ram

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Chhedi Ram	SP	51,986
Vijay Kumar	BSP	45,151
Ramdular	BJP	29,406
Shivchand	INC	5,372
Narpat	PMSP	4,391
Arjun	IND	1,483
Shakuntala Devi	IND	1,370
Jhilmit Ram	NCP	1,061
Ramesh Chandra	RTKP	687
Jagjivan	ASP	660
Ram Autar Sanehia	SSD	546
Uma Shanker	IND	416

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Manikpur

LOST against Daddu Prashad

with 3% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Daddu Prashad	BSP	49,730
Lakhan Lal	BJP	26,505
Satya Narayan	SP	15,840
Shiro Mani Bhai	INC	3,415
Ram	AD	3,003
Shakuntala	IND	2,707
Mahesh Prasad	RTKP	1,351
Ram Bhajan	IND	1,168
Ram Gopal	IND	605

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Mundera Bazar

LOST against Sharadadevi

with 15% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Sharadadevi	SP	31,962
Madho Paswan	BSP	28,623
Shakuntala Devi	BJP	17,578
Shiv Mandir Paswan	RTKP	11,132
Bechan Ram	ABHM	10,176
Kamal Kishor (Commando)	INC	8,740
Dinesh	IND	2,831
Suvash Bharti	IND	2,253
Dina Nath	AD	1,501
Lalji Bharti	IND	1,268
Kamelesh Chamar	ASP	1,183
Madari	IND	990
Paras Nath Dhobi	IND	763
Mahendra	IND	727

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Tilhar

LOST against Virendra Pratap Singh (Munna)

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Virendra Pratap Singh (Munna)	INC	45,491
Rajesh Yadav	SP	44,133
Rajesh Kumar Kashyap	BSP	17,944
Moh. Guffar Khan	BJP	11,072
Rajive Kumar	IND	3,030
Shankar Lal	IND	891
Lalaram	IND	758
Ashfaq Khan	NLP	723
Sunil Kumar	INLD	590
Vishwadeepak	IND	481
Shakuntala Yadav	IND	472
Radhey Shyam	EKD(UP)	273
Mahesh Singh	IND	182
Rishipal	IND	178
Netrapal	IND	161
Chhavinath	IND	137

2002 for Vidhan Sabha from Aonla

LOST against Dharm Pal Singh

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Dharm Pal Singh	BJP	43,345
Shyam Bihari Singh	SP	43,082
Bulaki Ram Maurya	BSP	29,704
Shiv Raj Singh	INLD	4,769
Abhay Kumar Singh	INC	3,628
Vikar Uddin	IND	1,774
Shakuntala Devi	RTKP	1,228
Banwari Lal	IND	749
Puran Singh	IND	630
Dheerndra Singh	RPD	562
Qudir Ahmad	JP	559
Avnish Tiwari	IND	467
Parveen Kumar Singh	ABLTC	269

1993 for Vidhan Sabha from Mohana

LOST against Rajendra Prasad

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Rajendra Prasad	SP	66,540
Rajnath Singh	BJP	58,572
Vinod Kumar Chaudhery	INC	18,683
Masood Afzal	JD	3,084
Ramesh Chandra	IND	777
Guru Prasad	IND	684
Gokaran Prasad	BSD(ML)	455
Rajendra	LKD	375
Panchanan Singh	DDP	344
Phool Chand	IND	333
Suraj Pal	ICS	332
Ram Sewak	IND	313
Pyare Lal	JP	261
Naem Ahamad	IND	241
R. S. Singh Rana	SHS	201
Shakuntala	IND	198
Ram Adhar	IND	196
Shiva Sager	IND	195
Ram Autar	IND	176
Kalyan Singh	IND	134
Ram Bharose	IND	124
Jwala Prasad	BKD	121
Sheshmani Nath Tripathi Alias Majar S. N. Tripathi	BJS	119
Brajesh Kumar	IND	106
Manju Singh	IND	96
Narendra Sharma	IND	77
Indrasan	IND	66
Krishana Kumar	IND	64
Anupam	IND	50
Brij Bhan Singh	IND	45
Shashi Bhusan	IND	37

1991 for Vidhan Sabha from Sasni

LOST against Hari Shanker Madhre

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Hari Shanker Madhre	BJP	34,956
Ramesh Karan	JD	17,000
Ram Bahadur	BSP	10,496
Talever Singh	INC	9,086
Krishna Gopal	JP	3,745
Suresh Chand Nirmal	IND	562
Ratan Singh	IND	533
Vijai Pal Singh	IND	292
Shakuntala Devi	IND	226
Nihal Singh	IND	155
Bhojraj	IND	148
Khacher Mal Gandhi	IND	142
Virendra Kumar	IND	112
Banwari Lal	IND	101
Netra Pal	IND	87
Babu Lal	IND	83
Vinod Kumar Nim	IND	74
Santosh Singh Azad	IND	19

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Harora

LOST against Bimla Rakesh

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bimla Rakesh	JD	56,858
Ram Singh	INC	32,236
Bishambar	BSP	10,138
Rakam	IND	427
Menpal	IND	399
Ompal	IND	376
Chandrabhan	IND	372
Shakuntala	IND	304
Ram Swaroop Nim	IND	242
Atar Singh	IND	208

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Bijnor

LOST against Azizur Rahman

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Azizur Rahman	INC	42,148
Kranti Kumar	IND	38,467
Tejpal Verma	LKD	5,889
Zameela	IND	1,191
Gunprakash	IND	857
Gazanffar Ali Khan Alias Raja	IND	727
Bharat Singh	IND	713
Shakuntala Mitra	BJP	680
Jahid Hasan Khan	IND	517
Ghanshyam	ICS	253
Dheeraj Rajpoot	IND	235
Kishan Singh	IND	195
Brijesh Kumar	DDP	189
Shyam Sunder	IND	152
Krishan Chand	IND	148
Sukhbeer Singh	IND	135

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Farrukhabad

LOST against Braham Dutt Devedi

with 0% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Braham Dutt Devedi	BJP	29,127
Vimal Tiwari	INC	23,804
Inder Bhan Singh	LKD	4,214
Tularam	IND	779
Md. Nawaj	IND	618
Mukh Ram	IND	565
Banshi Jama Khan	IND	528
Sita Ram	DDP	504
Prem Sagar Kayashap	IND	323
Radha Shyma	IND	217
Hababalam Kha Alias Praya Bhai	IND	215
English Bhan	IND	202
Kaji Ali Jafarshah Reyaji	IND	176
Devi Dayal	IND	175
Jagpal Singh	IND	163
Mahhamud Yusaf	IND	99
Vishnu Dayal	IND	95
Nathu Alias Pavan Kumar	IND	81
Ram Yadav	IND	76
Shakuntala Verma	IND	68
Aftab Hussain	IND	66
Dharam Narayan	IND	57

1985 for Vidhan Sabha from Meerut

LOST against Jai Narain Sharma

with 9% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jai Narain Sharma	INC	48,517
Manzoor Ahmad	LKD	40,919
Shakuntala Kaushik	BJP	9,310
Harish Chandra	JNP	691
Kanwar Noshe Miya Patrakar	IND	400
Rajendra Pal Goel	IND	315
Kailash Chandra	IND	247
Mohd Yasin	IND	194
Sharwan Kumar Agarwal	IND	162
K. Vishnu Jairath	IND	157
Zikarya Khan	IND	147
Tikam Singh	IND	93
Ravindra Kumar Balmiki	IND	91
Master Vir Singh	IND	90
Parvin Pratap Tiagi	IND	73
Vinod	IND	73
Mohd. Yamin Saifi	IND	66
Mahendra Pratap	DDP	35
Iqbal Ahmad	IND	19
Om Prakash Sain	IND	8

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Fakharpur

LOST against Ram Harsh Misra

with 41% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Ram Harsh Misra	INC	17,111
Shakuntala Nayar	BJP	16,838
Shakti Nath Singh	JNP(SC)	2,881
Sheo Kumar Singh	IND	1,677
Bechu Babu Lal	IND	1,461
Brij Kishore Tiwari	INC(U)	581
Soorya Kumar Singh	JNP	398

1980 for Lok Sabha from Hardwar

LOST against Jagpal Singh

with 30% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jagpal Singh	JNP(S)	151,530
Bhagwan Dass	JNP	125,086
Shakuntala Devi	INC(I)	124,362
Dal Chand Chhachhar	IND	4,833
Sunil Kumar	INC(U)	2,974

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Harora

LOST against Bimla Rakesh

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Bimla Rakesh	JNP	25,336
Shakuntala Devi	INC	23,647
Jagpal Singh	IND	2,296
Bhullan Singh	IND	1,907
Raja Ram	IND	1,601
Sangat Singh	IND	474

1974 for Vidhan Sabha from Harora

WON against Bimla

with 43% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	30,104
Bimla	BKD	22,288
Harnand	MUL	11,440
Moti Ram	BJS	1,991
Phool Chand	NCO	1,842
Om Parkash	SOP	1,142
Baljeet	SWA	685
Hargyan	IND	370

1971 for Lok Sabha from Kaiserganj

WON against Basant Kunwari

with 48% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Nayar	BJS	88,980
Basant Kunwari	INC	86,382
Dhoom Singh	BKD	6,338
M. S. S. Abbasi	SSP	2,998

1967 for Vidhan Sabha from Harora

WON against M.Singh

with 47% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala	INC	19,964
M.Singh	SSP	14,974
R.Singh	SWA	2,405
B.Mukand	IND	2,038
C.P.Ram	IND	1,195
S.Lal	PSP	997
S.Chand	IND	870

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Nagar

WON against Ram Shanker Lal

with 39% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Nayar	JS	17,352
Ram Shanker Lal	INC	15,421
Ram Milan Singh	PSP	8,028
Shyam Narain	CPI	2,298
Awadh Bihari Singh	SOC	1,239
Bindesari Singh	SWA	661

1962 for Vidhan Sabha from Sarsawa

WON against Gainda Ram

with 49% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Shakuntala Devi	INC	19,224
Gainda Ram	SWA	9,097
Om Prakash	SOC	6,030
Mallaha	JS	5,058

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Kanpur City I

LOST against Uma Shanker Shukla

with 26% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Uma Shanker Shukla	INC	18,232
Shakuntala Srivastava	PSP	10,057
Tilak Chand	IND	5,783
Vimal Mahrora	IND	1,983
Babu Lal	IND	825
Chhedi Lal	IND	642
Rajendra Bahadur Paliwal	IND	400
Bhagwati Saran	IND	252

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Nagar

LOST against Kripa Shankar

with 25% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Kripa Shankar	INC	41,741
Shakuntala Nayar	IND	40,381
Ram Lal	INC	39,345
Ram Gharib	IND	37,188

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Harora

LOST against Jai Gopal

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Jai Gopal	INC	27,808
Shakuntala Devi	INC	26,465
Abdulla	IND	22,399
Om Prakash	IND	18,440
Ram Saran Das	IND	14,033
Mohlar Singh	IND	10,013
Jai Ram Singh	IND	8,769
Chaudhari Paras Ram	IND	6,545
Man Singh	RRP	5,106
Chhottan Lal	IND	4,950
Tara Chand Sethi	PSP	4,165
Ram Sahai Ved	IND	3,875

1957 for Vidhan Sabha from Misrikh

LOST against Avedhesh Kumar

with 17% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Avedhesh Kumar	IND	33,337
Ganga Dhar Sharma	INC	27,135
Mool Chand	IND	26,089
Shakuntala Devi	INC	23,294
Udhma Devi	PSP	11,336
Uma Shankar	BJS	10,917
Chandrika Prasad	PSP	8,354

1951 for Lok Sabha from Gonda District (West)

WON against Tandon Lal Behar

with 51% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Nayar Shakuntala	HMS	66,330
Tandon Lal Behar	INC	48,111
Krishna Kumar	SP	7,802
Ram Behari	BJS	5,272
Hajela Mahadeo Pd.	KMPP	3,725

1951 for Lok Sabha from Sitapur Distt Cum Kheri Distt (West)

LOST against Pragi Lal

with 9% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Pragi Lal	INC	134,275
Uma Nehru	INC	128,099
Kamta Prasad	BJS	59,877
Narain	BJS	56,330
Shakuntala Srivastava	SP	46,966
Makhan Lal Adim	SCF	44,818
Hardwari Lal	IND	38,424
Sheo Ram Vaid	RRP	23,135

1951 for Vidhan Sabha from Deoband

LOST against Thakur Phool Singh

with 1% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thakur Phool Singh	INC	46,068
Hardeva	INC	43,065
Yashpal Singh	IND	15,332
Faqir Chand	IND	9,523
Shyam Narain Singh	IND	4,329
Chet Ram	IND	3,443
Budh Singh	KMPP	2,867
Suba Singh	KMPP	2,684
Mukand Singh	RSP	2,544
Mam Chand	RSP	2,385
Mehar Ilahi Khan	SP	2,240
Shakuntala Devi	IND	1,446
Bani Singh	RRP	1,232