Meet Serial 'Election Losers': A look at the Independents candidates who refuse to call it quits.
In election season when candidates take all measures a win, they wear their defeat as a badge of honour.
Tamil Nadu's K Padmarajan: The 65-year-old is a tyre repair shop owner. He finds pride in his entry in the Guinness Book of World Records for candidate with most contested elections.
Padmarajan is gearing up for his 239th attempt. He filed his nomination for the 18th Lok Sabha elections from Thrissur in Kerala and Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu.
Indore's Parmanand Tolani: Taking forward his father's legacy, who fought elections as independent candidate for three decades, Tolani recently filed his nominations for this elections.
'My father's wish was that we do not have to stop the trend till someone from the family gets elected': Tolani told PTI in an interview.
Vijayprakash Kondekar from Pune: He is retired staffer from state electricity board.
Kondekar has a different agenda behind contesting elections as independent candidate. He is advocating zero budget poll campaigns.
Hyderabad's techie Ravinder Uppula: He is known for his different campaign strategies for each Lok Sabha election he fights. In 2014 -- it was anti-corruption march and in 2019 it was a liquid only fast.
Kaka Joginder Singh, aka Dhartipakad: He was a textile-shop owner who contested and lost over 300 elections. He died in 1998.