145;Most unsuccessful146; files nomination against PM

But Padmarajan is not bothered. After all, he has contested as many as 82 elections so far, very often getting out of the race at the nomination stage itself. In this Rajya Sabha election, for instance, his nomination paper is sure to be rejected because he does not have a proposer.

Elections Padmarajan has contested so far include four Presidential contests, 19 Lok Sabha polls and 15 Rajya Sabha polls, apart from dozens of Assembly and municipal elections in his home state. And people whom he has contested or tried to contest include President APJ Abdul Kalam, former President K R Narayanan, former Vice-President Krishna Kant, former Prime Ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Little wonder then that Padmarajan, who practises homoeopathy and works as a director in a security agency, has proclaimed himself 8220;All India Election King.8221;