Actor-filmmaker Kamal Hassan has been defeated from the Coimbatore (South) constituency by BJP’s Vanathi Srinivasan. The Tamil Nadu meeting election was his first time on the electoral battle however sadly he didn’t win. Until the twenty second spherical of counting, Haasan was within the lead. But from the following spherical onwards, counting started to tilt in Srinivasan’s favour. Eventually, she received by a margin of 1,728 votes, as per a website. Moreover, Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam celebration couldn’t win any seats. The MNM contested the Tamil Nadu meeting polls in an alliance with actor Sarath Kumar’s All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi and Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi. It fielded candidates in 154 of the whole 232 seats.
In Pics: Actors Who Lost Their Maiden Political Battle
As Haasan fails at his first political outing, we take a look at different leisure celebrities who misplaced of their debut political battle.
Gul Panag
Gul took the political plunge in 2014 Lok Sabha elections as she contested on Aam Aadmi Party ticket from Chandigarh. However, she misplaced to BJP’s Kirron Kher.
Rakhi Sawant
Rakhi contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections by launching her celebration Rashtriya Aam Party. She was contesting from Mumbai North-West as an unbiased candidate. She misplaced within the elections.
Mahesh Manjrekar
Mahesh was a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena candidate from Mumbai’s North-West within the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections however misplaced to Gajanan Kirtikar of Shiv Sena.
Ravi Kishan
He joined the Congress celebration from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh and contested within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He misplaced and joined BJP in 2019. After becoming a member of BJP, he received from Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Smriti Irani
She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2003 and have become the vice-president of the Maharashtra Youth Wing. In the 2004 common elections for the 14th Lok Sabha, Smriti contested unsuccessfully in opposition to Kapil Sibal from the Chandni Chowk constituency in Delhi. She is at present the Union Cabinet Minister for Textiles and Women & Child Development and an MP from Amethi, UP.
Manoj Tiwari
He took the political plunge in 2009 common elections on a Samajwadi Party ticket. But misplaced to Yogi Adityanath of BJP from Gorakhpur, UP.
Prakash Jha
He has contested for a Lok Sabha seat 3 times and misplaced everytime. Prakash contested and misplaced the election to the Lok Sabha from his native Champaran in 2004. He once more misplaced the election to the Lok Sabha in 2009 as Lok Janshakti Party candidate from West Champaran. He once more contested within the 2014 elections as a JD(U) candidate from Paschim Champaran and misplaced.
Rajesh Khanna
He misplaced his maiden political battle by contesting on a Congress ticket in 1991 Lok Sabha election from New Delhi in opposition to BJP’s LK Advani.
Shatrughan Sinha
He misplaced his maiden election battle in opposition to movie trade co-star Rajesh Khanna.
Pawan Kalyan
After launching his celebration Jana Sena Party in 2014, Pawan Kalyan contested in 2019 common elections from two constituencies. However, he misplaced from each seats.
