Party Name : Independents
Constituency : Bastar-ST
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1980-84 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly 1990 till now President, Zila Parishad, Bastar 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Social and Cultural Activities : Promoted social consciousness among the students in Bastar as President, Youth Organisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Countries Visited : Hungary
Other Information : Led a movement against Naxalites from 1989 to 1992 and engineered the surrender of six to seven thousand naxalites in Bastar
Election Result : Bastar-ST Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 9,23,408 Total votes polled 4,22,541 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Mahendra Karma (Ind.) 1,24,322 (2) Shri Mankuram Sodhi (I.N.C.) 1,10,265 (3) Shri Rajaram Todem (B.J.P.) 84,523 (4) Shri Minish Kunjam (C.P.I.) 59,908
