Republican Party of India (Khobragade)
The Republican Party of India (Khobragade) is a political party in India, a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and named for its leader, B. D. Khobragade. The National President is now Sunil Harishchand Ramteke.[1]
RPI(K) has now united with all other factions of the RPI, except Prakash Ambedkar's Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangha, to form a united Republican Party of India.
National activity
[edit]The party's last national representation was after the 1977 Indian general election, where it contested twelve seats, and won two, with a total of 956,072 votes. The two successful candidates were Daulat Gunaji Gawai, in Buldhana, Maharashtra, and Lal Hemraj Jain in Balaghat Kacharu, Madhya Pradesh.[2] After this, it contested twenty-five seats in the 1984 Indian general election, receiving a total of 383,022 votes;[3] two seats in the 1984 Indian general election, receiving a total of 165,320 votes;[4] nineteen seats in the 1989 Indian general election, receiving a total of 486,615 votes;[5] six seats in the 1991 Indian general election, receiving a total of 91,557 votes;[6] and three in the 1996 Indian general election, receiving a total of 8,491 votes.[7] It did not contest the 1999 Indian general election,[8] but in the 1998 Indian general election, it contested one seat in Madhya Pradesh, receiving 2,167 votes.[9]
RPI(K) contested one seat in Chhattisgarh in the 2004 Indian general election, receiving 4,790 votes.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ https://ceotelangana.nic.in/GE_2014/Political%20Parties%20-%20Form-A/REPUBLIC%20PARTY%20OF%20INDIA%20(KHOBRAGADE).pdf
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1977, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1980, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1984, vol. I Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1989, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1991, vol. I Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1996, vol. I Archived 9 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1999, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 1998, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
- ^ Statistical Reports of Lok Sabha elections, 2004, vol. I Archived 10 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)