Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Trivia: An unassailable lead...Take a look at interesting tidbits of history associated with the Lok Sabha elections.
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Late Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief.
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In the 1971 Lok Sabha election, veteran Congress leader late C K Jaffer Sharief registered a thumping victory that is still counted as a record of sorts.
Sharief was elected from the erstwhile Kanakapura Lok Sabha segment. He polled 2,43,987 votes. The total valid votes cast were 3,05,086. So, Sharief’s vote share was a bumper 79.97 per cent. Only a few politicians have won an election with a massive vote share like that. His nearest rival M V Rajasekharan polled 57,468 votes.