Meira Kumar entered electoral politics in 1985[7] and was elected, on INC ticket from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh, defeating political heavyweights like Ram Vilas Paswan and Mayawati, two powerful dalit leaders of indian politics. She was a member of the 6th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabhas from Karol Bagh in Delhi. She lost her seat in the BJP wave of 1996, but was able to get re-elected with a significant majority from her father's former constituency of Sasaram in Bihar in 2004 and 2009..In the 2014 general election, Kumar contested and lost to Chhedi Paswan from Sasaram by a margin of 327 votes.[8] [9]