He has stood in every Indian parliamentary election since 1962 - and lost every one - but that has not deterred 78-year-old Shyam Babu Subudhi from throwing his hat into the ring once again. Dr Subudhi is a homeopathy practitioner in Berhampur, a town in the eastern Indian state of Odisha.
And he is contesting two constituencies, Berhampur and Aska, in India's forthcoming parliamentary polls. Despite losing his deposit in every previous election, having won less than a sixth of the votes cast each time, Dr Subudhi is surprisingly confident he can win both seats this time.
His one-page election manifesto even claims that there is "enough of a possibility" of him being appointed prime minister of India after the coming elections. This will be his 13th attempt in a row to enter India's parliament.