berhampur victory or defeat doesnt matter to k shyambabu subudhi once dubbed by the bbc as the worlds biggest election loser contesting polls is his hobby and in spite of having lost 28 elections including 10 assembly polls since 1957 the 84yearold resident of berhampur has set his sights on contesting this years elections as well subudhi plans to fight the lok sabha polls from the two seats in ganjam district aska and berhampur as an independent the elderly man is a familiar face in both aska and berhampur and why not since he has contested nine times from these two lok sabha seats the compulsive electionfighter entered the poll fray in 1957 when he took on former state minister brundaban nayak as a young man in his early twenties i fought with him for the hinjili assembly seat but lost subudhi recalls fondly he went on to make his lok sabha poll debut in 1962since 1957 the berhampur resident has suffered poll defeats when asked what keeps him going he says taking part in elections is my one and only passion forget victory or defeat i contest to win one day i hope the people will elect me as their representativesubudhi has never been approached by any political party he has always contested as an independent the homoeopathy doctor by profession who has lost his deposit in most of the elections he has contested has begun his campaign for the upcoming elections by distributing leaflets in crowded areas such as stretches frequented by morningwalkers and in marketsin his pamphlets he has criticised both the modi and the naveen governments for corruption and their antipeople policies subudhis style of electioneering is simple he has no vehicle or followers unlike other candidates the aspirant clad in a coat and cap prefers riding his cycle across the seats and distributing leaflets among the people if he plans to go to areas located in the farflung corners of his target constituencies he takes the train or the bus i have already covered many places in both constituencies the public spontaneously gives me money to contest the elections he said in the 2014 election in which too he had contested from aska and berhampur subudhi said he spent around rs 4 lakh including deposit money of rs 50000 rs 25000 per constituency most of the funds i received were though donations he said adding that he also dips into the money he has saved through his work as a doctor and as an agriculturist