Lok Sabha elections will start in a few days. At present people everywhere are only discussing elections. Be it a home meeting or a cup of tea, you will see people discussing the elections everywhere. Everyone is discussing which candidate can win from which seat this time. But today we are going to tell you about a candidate who has created a different record not by winning the elections but by losing them. This person lost the elections so many times that his name has also been included in the Limca Book of Records. Let us tell you about this person today.
This person lost elections 238 times
The name of this person who has lost elections the most number of times is K. Padmarajan who is a resident of Mettur, Tamil Nadu. Padmarajan is also known as Election King. He first contested elections from Mettur in the year 1988. Till now he has stood in elections 238 times and has lost every time. If we talk about Padmarajan’s best performance, it was seen in the year 2011 when he got a total of 6,273 votes while contesting from Mettur Assembly elections.
Name included in Limca Book of Records
You must have heard and read about many types of records till date. But you would hardly have read about this record of defeat which is of K. Made by Padmarajan. K as India’s most unsuccessful candidate. Padmarajan has made his mark. He has lost elections so many times that his name has been included in the Limca Book of Records.
Lakhs of rupees have been spent so far
If you understand the election process well then you would know that every candidate contesting elections has to deposit a certain amount. If the candidate gets less than 16 percent votes in the election then he does not get this amount back which is called forfeiture of security deposit. Ever since K. Padmarajan started contesting elections, lakhs of rupees have been spent. According to some reports, he has spent more than Rs 1 crore so far in the elections.
Let us tell you that K. Padmarajan has participated in elections ranging from President to local elections. In the Lok Sabha elections going to be held this year also. Padmarajan is standing up. This year Padmarajan is contesting from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu.
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