Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday won the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. As per the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP's Kangana Ranaut defeated her rival Vikramaditya Singh from Congress. While it was a mixed-bag result for the BJP, debutant Kangana Ranaut emerged victorious. As per ECI, Kangana Ranaut defeated Vikramaditya Singh by 71978 votes in Lok Sabha Elections 2024. To be precise, Kangana got a total of 519433 while the Congress candidate from Mandi Vikramaditya got 447455 votes.
Notably, a report claimed to have quoted on-site data in Mandi. As per the report, Kangana Ranaut, who was up against Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh, has won by 72,088 votes. Notably, ECI is yet to confirm Kangana's victory on its official website. But, it seems like it is just a matter of time.
Kangana wins the 'Queen vs King' battle
Vikramaditya Singh hails from a royal family in Himachal Pradesh. His father Late Veer Bhadra Singh was the former CM Of HP. He has been the CM of Himachal 6 times and this time his son is all set to contest for the upcoming assembly election. Vikramaditya Singh’s father was the most famous leader of the upper Himachal class. Vikramaditya Singh emerged as the winner in Bushahr after his father passed away on 8th July 2021. Apart from his father, Vikramaditya Singh’s mother has also been the prominent face of Mandi. MP Pratibha Singh won the by-election after BJP’s sitting MP died by suicide. Pratibha Singh has been the President of Congress from Mandi.
Actress Kangana Ranaut and Vikramaditya Singh both are from Mandi and belong to the Rajput community. From the time, both have been announced as the candidates for Lok Sabha Elections from Mandi, there has been quite a tussle between them. While Kangana Ranaut has made some personal comments on Vikramaditya Singh, he has also been giving his responses in the wittiest way possible.
Kangana Ranaut is quite close to PM Modi who has also carried out rally in Madi in her favour. Although Kangana Ranaut is BJP’s face for upcoming elections, Jairam Thakur is the man behind providing help to Kangana. BJP has remained victorious in Mandi for two times in the last 3 elections. In the year 2009, Vikram Aditya Singh’s father Veer Bhadra Singh won the seat. Later in 2014, 2019 BJP’s Ram Swaroop Sharma emerged as the winner. However, he took his life after which Pratibha Singh emerged victorious from Mandi.