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Celeb politicians: who won and who lost
General elections 2014 turned into starry, starry polls. From Bollywood personalities to cricketers to musicians, we had them all in the fray. On the day of reckoning, we find out how they fared.
General elections 2014 turned into starry, starry polls. From Bollywood personalities to cricketers to musicians, we had them all in the fray. On the day of reckoning, we find out how they fared.
Bappi Lahiri (music composer)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Sreerampore (West Bengal)
Opponent: Kalyan Banerjee - TMC
LOST
PC Sorcar Jr (magician)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Barasat (West Bengal)
Opponent: Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar - TMC
LOST
Moon Moon Sen (actor)
Party: TMC
Constituency: Bankura (West Bengal)
Opponent: Basudeb Acharia - CPI(M)
WON
Baichung Bhutia (sportsperson)
Party: TMC
Constituency: Darjeeling (West Bengal)
Opponent: SS Ahluwalia - BJP
Deb (actor)
Party: TMC
Constituency: Ghatal (West Bengal)
Opponent: Santosh Rana - CPI
WON
Babul Supriyo (singer)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Asansol (West Bengal)
Opponent: Dola Sen - TMC
WON
Satabdi Roy (actor)
Party: TMC
Constituency: Birbhum (West Bengal)
Opponent: Joy Banerjee - BJP
WON
Mahesh Manjrekar (director/actor)
Party: MNS
Constituency: Mumbai North West (Maharashtra)
Opponent: Gurudas Kamat - Congress, Gajanan Kirtikar - Shiv Sena
LOST
Rakhi Sawant (actor)
Party: Rashtriya Aam Party
Constituency: Mumbai North West (Maharashtra)
Opponent: Mayank Gandhi (AAP)
LOST
Farhan Azmi (restaurateur)
Constituency: Mumbai's North Central
Party: Samajwadi Party
Opponent: Priya Dutt - Congress, Poonam Mahajan - BJP
LOST
Nadu Madhav (actor/director)
Constituency: Beed (Maharashtra)
Party: AAP
Opponent: Gopinath Munde - BJP
LOST
Kirron Kher (actor)
Constituency: Chandigarh
Party: BJP
Opponent: Pawan Bansal - Congress, Gul Panag - Aam Aadmi Party
WON
Gul Panag (actor)
Constituency: Chandigarh
Party: AAP
Opponent: Pawan Bansal - Congress, Kirron Kher - BJP
LOST
Manoj Tiwari (singer/actor)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Delhi North East
Opponent: Jai Prakash Aggarwal - Congress, Anand Kumar - AAP
WON
Nagma (actor)
Party: Congress
Constituency: Meerut (Uttar Pradesh)
Opponent: Rajendra Aggarwal - BJP
LOST
Ravi Kishan Shukla (actor)
Party: Congress
Constituency: Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Opponent:
LOST
Raj Babbar (actor)
Party: Congress
Constituency: Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh)
Opponent: V K Singh - BJP, Shazia Illmi - AAP
LOST
Hema Malini (actor)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Mathura (Uttar Pradesh)
Opponent: Jayant Chaudhary - INLD
Mohammad Kaif (cricketer)
Party: Congress
Constituency: Phulpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Opponent:
LOST
Jaaved Jaaferi (actor)
Constituency: Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Party: AAP
Opponent: Rajnath Singh - BJP
LOST
Smriti Irani (actor)
Constituency: Amethi (Uttar Pradesh)
Party: BJP
Opponent: Rahul Gandhi - Congress, Kumar Vishwas - AAP
LOST
Vinod Khanna (actor)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Gurdaspur (Punjab)
Opponent:
WON
Shatrughan Sinha (actor)
Party: BJP
Constituency: Patna Sahib (Bihar)
Opponent:
WON
Paresh Rawal (actor)
Party: BJP
Constituency: East Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
WON
Mohammad Azharuddin (cricketer)
Party: Congress
Constituency: Tonk-Sawai Madhopur (Rajasthan)
Opponent:
LOST
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (sportsperson)
Constituency: Jaipur Rural (Rajasthan)
Party: BJP
Opponent: CP Joshi - Congress
WON
Prakash Jha (film-maker)
Constituency: West Champaran (Bihar)
Party: Janata Dal (United)
Opponent: Dr Sanjay Jaiswal
LOST
Innocent (actor)
Constituency: Chalakuddi (Kerala)
Party: Independent
Opponent: PC Chacko - Congress
WON
