New Delhi:

Former Chief Ministers, movie stars, political activists, and a former Excessive Court docket choose are among the many 280 first-term members of the Lok Sabha.

Uttar Pradesh, the biggest state that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha, elected 45 first-term members to the Decrease Home, which embrace actor Arun Govil, who performed Lord Ram on TV, from Meerut, Congress chief Kishori Lal Sharma, who defeated BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi, and Dalit rights activist Chandrashekhar Azad of the Azad Samaj Occasion from Nagina.

Maharashtra, the place the BJP confronted electoral reverses, elected 33 first-term Lok Sabha members, together with college instructor Bhaskar Bhagre, fielded by Sharad Pawar’s NCP from the tribal seat of Dindori. He defeated BJP chief Bharti Pawar.

Additionally amongst first-term members from Maharashtra are BJP’s Piyush Goyal, elected from Mumbai North, Congress chief Balwant Wankhede, who defeated BJP’s Navneet Rana in Amravati, BJP’s Anup Dhotre, the son of former Union Minister Sanjay Dhotre, from Akola, and Unbiased member Vishal Patil from Sangli.

Former Chief Ministers Narayan Rane (Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg), Trivendra Singh Rawat (Haridwar), Manohar Lal (Karnal), Biplab Kumar Deb (Tripura West), Jitan Ram Manjhi (Gaya), Basavraj Bommai (Haveri), Jagdish Shettar (Belgaum), Charanjit Singh Channi (Jalandhar) are among the many first-term members of the Lok Sabha.

Suresh Gopi (Thrissur) and Kangana Ranaut (Mandi) are the actors who will enter the Lok Sabha for the primary time.

Rajya Sabha members Anil Desai (Shiv Sena UBT), Bhupendra Yadav, Dharmendra Pradhan, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Parshottam Rupala have additionally made their maiden entry into the Lok Sabha.

Members of the erstwhile royal households – Chhatrapati Shahu (Kolhapur), Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (Mysore), and Kriti Devi Debbarman (Tripura East) – will enter Parliament for the primary time.

Former Kolkata Excessive Court docket choose Abhijit Gangopadhyay, who received the Talmuk Lok Sabha seat in Bengal, can be a first-time MP.

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