Late Union Minister Ananth Kumar never lost an election in 22 yrs
Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away on Monday, won his first election in the 1996 parliamentary polls from South Bangalore Lok Sabha seat, and never lost this seat thereafter. He was the youngest Cabinet minister at 39 in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet in 1998.  Kumar had joined the BJP in 1987 and was a six-time parliamentarian.