Political parties are pulling out all the stops to secure significant gains in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections of 2024. Implying various strategies, such as reducing the tickets of underperforming candidates and nominating celebrities in crucial constituencies, in pursuit of a decisive victory.
For instance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen Ramayan actor Arun Govil as its candidate from Meerut, while the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has nominated Bollywood veteran Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol. Additionally, the BJP has enhanced the star power of its candidate roster by retaining Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan and Bollywood icon Hema Malini as candidates from Gorakhpur and Mathura, respectively.
Here is the list of celebrities to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections:
BJP:
- 1. Kangana Ranaut from Mandi
- 2. Arun Govil from Meerut
- 3. Hema Malini from Mathura
- 4. Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur
- 5. Manoj Tiwari from North-East Delhi
- 6. Dinesh Lal Yadav aka Nirahua from Azamgarh
- 7. Suresh Gopi from Thrissur
- 8. Radhika Sarathkumar from Virudhunagar
- 9. Devendra Jhajaharia from Churu
- 10. Locket Chatterjee from Hooghly
- 11. Agnimitra Paul from Medinipur
TMC:
1. Yusuf Pathan from Bahrampore
- 2. Kirti Azad from Bardhaman-Durgapur
- 3. Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol
- 4. Saayoni Ghosh from Jadavpur
- 5. Satabdi Roy from Birbhum
- 6. Partha Bhowmick from Barrackpore
- 7. Rachana Banerjee from Hooghly
- 8. Dev from Medinipur
Shiv Sena:
- Govinda
