New Delhi, Jun 4 – Actor Kangana Ranaut is poised to become a parliamentarian as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi, leading by a margin of over 75,000 votes according to Election Commission trends. Ranaut, a four-time National Award-winning actor, is contesting against Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress.
Meanwhile, “Ramayan” actor Arun Govil is trailing in the Meerut Lok Sabha constituency by over 20,000 votes. Samajwadi Party’s Sunita Verma is currently leading the race, as per trends available until 1:30 pm.
Veteran actor Hema Malini, seeking a third term in Lok Sabha from Mathura, is ahead by over 2 lakh votes, with her nearest rival being Mukesh Dhangar of the Congress.
Another BJP candidate, actor Suresh Gopi from Thrissur, Kerala, is leading by over 73,000 votes.
Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, running under the Trinamool Congress banner, is also leading in Asansol, West Bengal, with a lead of over 47,000 votes against BJP’s Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia, according to Election Commission trends.
Other notable celebrity candidates include BJP’s Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan from Northeast Delhi and Gorakhpur, respectively. Tiwari is leading by 1 lakh votes over Kanhaiya Kumar of the Congress, while Kishan is ahead by over 41,000 votes, contesting against Samajwadi Party’s Kajal Nishad.
However, BJP’s Locket Chatterjee is trailing in her constituency of Hooghly in West Bengal, with TMC’s Rachna Banerjee leading by over 34,000 votes.
As per the trends, the NDA is close to the 300 mark, comfortably surpassing the magic figure of 272, while the opposition INDIA bloc is making significant gains.
