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, Rajabhau Khobragade. The National President is now Sunil Harishchandra Ramteke.

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

The party's last national representation was after the Indian general election, 1977, 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.[1] After this, it contested twenty-five seats in the Indian general election, 1984, receiving a total of 383,022 votes;[2] two seats in the Indian general election, 1984, receiving a total of 165,320 votes;[3] nineteen seats in the Indian general election, 1989, receiving a total of 486,615 votes;[4] six seats in the Indian general election, 1991, receiving a total of 91,557 votes;[5] and three in the Indian general election, 1996, receiving a total of 8,491 votes.[6] It did not contest the Indian general election, 1999,[7] but in the Indian general election, 1998, it contested one seat in Madhya Pradesh, receiving 2,167 votes.[8]

RPI(K) contested one seat in Chhattisgarh in the Indian general election, 2004, receiving 4,790 votes.[9]

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