Amravati Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP's Navneet Rana got defeated by Congress candidate Balwant Wankhede by 19731 votes. While Wankhede got 526271 votes, Navneet Rana, who was a strong contender from the constituency, received 506540 votes and got defeated by a close margin of 19731 votes.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, thirty seven candidates contested from Amravati seat with the notable candidates being Navneet Rana (Bharatiya Janata Party), Balwant Wankhede (Indian National Congress) and Kumari Prajakta Tarkeshwar Pillewan (Vanchit Bahujan Agadi).
Amravati constituency voted in Phase 2 of the 2024 Lok Sabha election on April 26, 2024.
About Amravati Constituency
Amravati posed one of the biggest obstacles for the BJP in Maharashtra because the party has never prevailed in a Lok Sabha election from this seat.
Amravati's demographics, especially its sizeable Muslim and Dalit communities, continue to be extremely important to the result of the election. Historically, this demographic makeup has posed a significant challenge for the BJP, contributing to their lack of success in the constituency.
Navneet Rana's political history
Navneet Rana's profession according to the election affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India, and as analysed by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 is: Social Worker And Agriculture. The 38-year-old BJP candidate holds a matriculation degree as her eduacational qualification.
About Navneet Rana
Navneet Kaur Rana was born and raised in Mumbai. Her father was an army official, and her parents are from the Ravidassia Caste of Punjab. She attended Karthika High School in Kurla, Mumbai, where she finished her schooling up to the tenth grade. She stopped attending to school after her 12th grade year and started working as a model. She later starred in six music videos. Kaur's feature film debut was marked by a Kannada film titled 'Darshan'. She then made her Telugu screen debut alongside Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi (2004).
Her further films include Chetna (2005), Jagapathi (2005), Good Boy (2005), and Bhuma (2008). Other works include the Telugu version of the Hindi film Chameli, Jabilamma, Terror, and Kalachakram.