Apr 17, 2024, 07:00 PM IST

8 Bollywood actors who lost their first Lok Sabha election

Aman Wadhwa

Rajesh Khanna contested his first Lok Sabha election in 1991 on Congress ticket for New Delhi seat and lost against BJP's LK Advani

In the 1992 by-election, BJP's Shatrughan Sinha lost to his fellow actor and Congress candidate Rajesh Khanna for New Delhi seat.

Gul Panag contested her first Lok Sabha elections in 2014 from AAP's ticket from Chandigarh and lost to actress and BJP candidate Kirron Kher

Mahesh Manjrekar was MNS's candidate from Mumbai North West in 2014 elections, but lost to Shiv Sena's Gajanan Kirtikar

Rakhi Sawant launched her party Rashtriya Aam Party and contested 2014 elections from Mumbai North West seat and received only around 2000 votes

Ravi Kishan contested 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Jaunpur constituency from Congress ticket and lost against BJP's Krishna Pratap Singh

Jaaved Jaaferi lost the 2014 elections from AAP's ticket for Lucknow constituency to BJP's Rajnath Singh

Urmila Matondkar fought the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North seat from Congress, but lost to BJP's Gopal Shetty

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections will begin from April 19 and last till June 1 with the results scheduled to be declared on June 4