The Lok Sabha elections this year have seen many famous celebrities win seats in parliament. This shows how much influence celebrities now have in Indian politics.?
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut, who recently joined the BJP, has won the election from her hometown, Mandi, in Himachal Pradesh. She stood against Vikramaditya Singh, the son of former chief minister Virbhadra Singh, and Pratibha Singh, the current MP from Mandi and the Congress' state unit president.
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Famous for his portrayal of Lord Ram in the TV series ¡®Ramayana,¡¯ Arun Govil (BJP) has won in Meerut, defeating Devrat Kumar Tyagi (BSP) and Sunita Verma (SP).
Suresh Gopi, the Malayalam actor who contested from Thrissur as a BJP candidate, has won against former state minister VS Sunil Kumar (CPI) and Congress¡¯ K Muraleedharan.
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Veteran actress Hema Malini has won a BJP ticket from Mathura.?A total of 17 candidates fought for the seat of Mathura in the 2024 Parliamentary Polls. Hema Malini from the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) competed against 16 other candidates for the Mathura constituency.
Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan, who contested from Gorakhpur on a BJP ticket, has finally emerged victorious. He was leading against SP's Kajal Nishad and BSP's Javed Ashraf.
Manoj Tiwari, the politician, singer, and actor, has won against Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar from the North-East Delhi Lok Sabha.
Shahtrughan Sinha, the veteran actor running for the Asansol seat in West Bengal as a candidate of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), has secured victory.?Sinha, a former Union minister who oversaw the portfolios of shipping and health in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, has emerged triumphant.
Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan won the Lok Sabha election from Baharampore, West Bengal, on a Trinamool Congress ticket. In the fight between the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Indian National Congress (INC), it seemed that the TMC¡¯s Yusuf Pathan was trailing behind Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. However, after all votes were counted, Yusuf Pathan won the election.
Initially, only postal ballots were being counted, and a clearer picture emerged once EVM votes were included in the tally.
These two actors from the Bengali film industry, Dev Adhikary (TMC) and Hiran Chatterjee (BJP), contested in the Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency. Dev Adhikari has won the election, while Hiran Chatterjee has not.
In Hooghly, TMC candidate and actor Rachana Banerjee has won against the BJP's Locket Chatterjee. Locket Chatterjee, a well-known actor-turned-politician representing the BJP, has been a formidable presence in Bengal politics, currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Hooghly. Her challenger, Rachana Banerjee, best known as the host of the popular Bengali television show "Didi No. 1," made her electoral debut this year and secured the victory.
Trinamool Congress candidate actress-turned-politician June Maliah contested from Medinipur and won.
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Actress-turned-politician and three-time Trinamool MP from Birbhum, Satabdi Roy, has won the election.?
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