Actor Kangana Ranaut is on the way to become a parliamentarian as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi is leading by a margin of over 75,000 votes, according to Election Commission trends. Ranaut, the four-time National Award-winning actor, has been fielded against Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress.

BJP’s Arun Govil-- Lord Ram of the hugely popular television serial “Ramayan” -- is currently leading from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, according to the latest Election Commission trends.

Govil, who was trailing earlier in the day against Samajwadi Party candidate Sunita Verma, is now ahead by more than 9,000 votes.

While the actor-turned-politician has so got 5,34,118 votes, Verma has received 5,24,608 votes. Veteran actor Hema Malini, seeking a third term in Lok Sabha from Mathura, is ahead by over 2 lakh votes. Her nearest rival is Mukesh Dhangar of the Congress.       Another BJP candidate, actor Suresh Gopi from Thrissur, Kerala, is leading by over 73,000 votes.

Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, who has been given a ticket by the Trinamool Congress, is also leading in his bid to get elected from Asansol, West Bengal.

He has a lead of over 47,000 votes over BJP’s Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia, according to trends available on the Election Commission website.

Other notable celebrity candidates in the electoral fray include BJP’s Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan from Northeast Delhi and Gorakhpur, respectively.

Tiwari is leading by 1 lakh votes over Kanhaiya Kumar (Congress), while Kishan is ahead by over 41,000 in his constituency. Kishan is pitted against Samajwadi Party’s Kajal Nishad.

BJP’s Locket Chatterjee is trailing in her constituency Hooghly in West Bengal with TMC’s Rachna Banerjee leading from the seat by over 34,000 votes.