Politics
Arun Govil is known for his role as Lord Rama in the Ramayana. He won Meerut, UP's seat for the BJP, and beat Sunita Verma of the Samajwadi Party by 10585 votes.
Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut won Mandi, Himachal Pradesh's seat for the BJP. She beat Vikramaditya Singh of Congress by 74755 votes.
Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha won the Asansol seat in West Bengal for TMC. He beat Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia of the BJP by 59564 votes.
Hema Malini won Mathura, Uttar Pradesh's seat, for the BJP. She defeated Congress' Mukesh Dhangar by 293407 votes.
Contesting on the BJP's ticket, Manoj Tiwari won the North-East seat from New Delhi. He beat Kanhaiya Kumar in Congress by 138778 votes.
Ravi Kishan won the Gorakhpur seat in Uttar Pradesh for the BJP. He beat Kajal Nishad from the Samajwadi Party by 103526 votes.
Popular Bengali actress Rachna Banerjee won the Hooghly seat in West Bengal for TMC. She defeated the BJP's Locket Chatterjee by 76853 votes.
Bhojpuri actor Nirahua (Dinesh Lal Yadav) lost Azamgarh's seat in UP for the BJP. He was defeated by Dharmendra Yadav of the Samajwadi Party by 161035 votes.
Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh was running as an independent candidate and lost the Karakat seat in Bihar to CPI (ML)'s Raja Ram Singh by 105858 votes.
Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi won the Thrissur seat in Kerala for the BJP. He beat CPI's VS Sunil Kumar by 74686 votes.