But after coming third in two consecutive Lok Sabha elections (2014 and 2019) on Congress ticket, she left to join Bharatiya Janata Party in October 2019.

[1] She had won from Pratapgarh in 1999, but lost the 2004 elections to Akshay Pratap Singh alias Gopalji.

[2] Ratna Singh regained the Pratapgarh constituency in the 2009 Indian general elections, defeating her nearest Samajwadi Party rival Prof. Shivakant Ojha, by over 30,000 votes.

[3] Akshay Pratap Singh came in third, and fourth was the noted criminal-politician Ateeq Ahmed who was fighting the elections from prison.

[4] Subsequently, in the 2014 Indian general elections she was defeated by Harivansh Singh of Apna Dal.