Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Arun Govil: How star candidates fared in Lok Sabha elections
Kangana Ranaut
The BJP’s new entrant, Kangana Ranaut made a strong debut by winning Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi seat by 74,755 votes. Her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh, stood second.
Hema Malini
The ‘Dream Girl’ of Bollywood won against Congress candidate Mukesh Dhangar by a margin of 2,93,407 votes.
Arun Govil
The actor, who played Lord Ram in the hit series ‘Ramayana’ registered a smooth victory with 46.21 per cent votes from Meerut constituency in UP.
Shatrughan Sinha
TMC leader ‘Shotgun’ Sinha won from West Bengal’s Asansol constituency in the Lok Sabha election by 59,564 votes
Ravi Kishan
The BJP candidate wins from Gorakhpur Lok Sabha constituency defeating SP candidate and actor Kajal Nishad by over one lakh votes.
Manoj Tiwari
BJP’s Manoj Tiwari secured a smooth victory by defeated his Congress rival Kanhaiya Kumar by a margin of 1.37 lakh votes.
Smriti Irani
BJP leader and outgoing Amethi MP conceded defeat to Congress’ Kishori Lal Sharma, by a margin of over 1,60,000 votes.
Locket Chatterjee
The BJP candidate conceded defeat to TMC’s Rachna Banerjee in the Hooghly seat. Banerjee emerged victorious leading by over 60,000 votes.
Satabdi Roy
The Bengali actor and TMC candidate won for the fourth time in West Bengal’s Birbhum constituency by a margin of almost two lakh votes.
Krishna Kumar
The Malayali actor conceded defeat to RSP’s NK Premachandran in Kollam constituency of Kerala.