The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominated numerous Union Ministers for the 2024 elections. While many of them won and returned to Parliament, several other prominent figures were defeated.

Notable winners included Nitin Gadkari, who won the Nagpur seat with a significant margin, and Anurag Thakur, who secured victory in Hamirpur for the fifth consecutive time. Additionally, Sarbananda Sonowal won in Dibrugarh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat succeeded in Jodhpur, and Amit Shah emerged victorious in Gandhinagar.

Smriti Irani in Amethi joins the ranks of Union Ministers who fell short of victory. Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s defeat in Thiruvananthapuram, Arjun Munda’s loss in Khunti, Mahendra Nath Pandey’s defeat to the Samajwadi Party’s Birendra Singh in Chandauli, and Ajay Mishra Teni’s loss in Lakhimpur Kheri were other prominent figures who did not succeed in the elections.

1. Nitin Jairam Gadkari – Nagpur Lok Sabha seat, Maharashtra
   • Votes: 655,027
   • Margin: 137,603 votes
   • Opponent: Vikas Thakre (Congress)
2. Anurag Thakur – Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, Himachal Pradesh
   • Votes: 607,068
   • Margin: 182,357 votes
   • Opponent: Satpal Raizada (Congress)
3. G Kishan Reddy – Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, Telangana
   • Margin: Over 49,000 votes
   • Opponent: Danam Nagender (Congress)
4. Jyotiraditya Scindia – Guna Lok Sabha seat, Madhya Pradesh
   • Margin: 540,929 votes
   • Opponent: Rao Yadvendra Singh (Congress)
5. Giriraj Singh – Begusarai Lok Sabha seat, Bihar
   • Margin: Over 81,480 votes
   • Opponent: Abdhesh Kumar Roy (Left)
6. Sarbananda Sonowal – Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat, Assam
   • Margin: 279,000 votes
   • Opponent: Lurinjyoti Gogoi (Assam Jatiya Parishad)
7. Parshottam Rupala – Rajkot Lok Sabha seat, Gujarat
   • Margin: 484,260 votes
   • Opponent: Paresh Dhanani (Congress)
8. Narayan Rane – Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha seat, Maharashtra
   • Margin: 47,858 votes
   • Opponent: Vinayak Raut (Shiv Sena)
9. Nityanand Rai – Ujiyarpur Lok Sabha seat, Bihar
   • Margin: 4,661 votes
   • Opponent: Alok Mehta (RJD)
10. Ajay Bhatt – Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat, Uttarakhand
    • Margin: 334,548 votes
    • Opponent: Prakash Joshi (Congress)
11. Bhupender Yadav – Alwar Lok Sabha seat, Rajasthan
    • Margin: 48,282 votes
    • Opponent: Lalit Yadav (Congress)
12. Kalyan Vaijnath Rao Kale – Jalna Lok Sabha seat, Maharashtra
    • Margin: 109,958 votes
    • Opponent: Raosaheb Danve (BJP)
13. Bhaskar Bhagare – Dindori Lok Sabha seat, Maharashtra
    • Margin: 113,199 votes
    • Opponent: Bharati Pawar (BJP)
14. Kiren Rijiju – Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat
    • Margin: 100,738 votes
    • Opponent: Nabam Tuki (Congress)
15. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat – Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat, Rajasthan
    • Margin: 115,677 votes
    • Opponent: (Details not provided)
16. Mansukh Mandaviya – Porbandar Lok Sabha seat, Gujarat
    • Margin: 383,360 votes
    • Opponent: (Details not provided)
17. Dharmendra Pradhan – Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, Odisha
    • Margin: 119,836 votes
    • Opponent: Pranab Prakash Das (BJD)
18. Pralhad Joshi – Dharwad Lok Sabha seat, Karnataka
    • Margin: 97,324 votes
    • Opponent: Vinod Asooti (Congress)
19. Shobha Karandlaje – Bangalore North Lok Sabha seat, Karnataka
    • Margin: 259,476 votes
    • Opponent: M.V. Rajeev Gowda (Congress)
20. Rajnath Singh – Lucknow Lok Sabha seat, Uttar Pradesh
    • Margin: 135,159 votes
    • Opponent: Ravidas Mehrotra (Samajwadi Party)
21. Amit Shah – Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, Gujarat
    • Margin: Over 744,716 votes
    • Opponent: Sonal Patel (Congress)
22. Piyush Goyal – Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat, Maharashtra
    • Margin: 356,996 votes
    • Opponent: Bhushan Patil (Congress)

These ministers emerged victorious in their respective constituencies, securing their seats in the Lok Sabha.

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Here are the Union Ministers who lost their respective Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 elections:

1. Kaushal Kishore – Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha seat, Uttar Pradesh
   • Margin: 70,292 votes
   • Opponent: R.K. Chaudhary (Samajwadi Party)
2. Mahendra Nath Pandey – Chandauli Lok Sabha seat, Uttar Pradesh
   • Margin: 21,565 votes
   • Opponent: Birendra Singh (Samajwadi Party)
3. Rajeev Chandrasekhar – Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, Kerala
   • Margin: Over 16,077 votes
   • Opponent: Shashi Tharoor (Congress)
4. Ajay Mishra Teni – Lakhimpur Kheri Lok Sabha seat, Uttar Pradesh
   • Margin: Over 34,329 votes
   • Opponent: Utkarsh Verma (Samajwadi Party)
5. Subhas Sarkar – Bankura Lok Sabha seat, West Bengal
   • Margin: 32,778 votes
   • Opponent: Arup Chakraborty (Trinamool Congress)
6. Arjun Munda – Khunti Lok Sabha seat, Jharkhand
   • Margin: 149,675 votes
   • Opponent: Kalicharan Munda (Congress)
7. Bhagwanth Khuba – Bidar Lok Sabha seat, Karnataka
   • Opponent: Sagar Khandre (Son of Eshwar Khandre)
8. Kailash Choudhary – Barmer Lok Sabha seat, Rajasthan
   • Standing: Third position
   • Gap: 448,000 votes from the winning candidate, Ummeda Ram Beniwal
9. L. Murugan – Nilgiris Lok Sabha seat, Tamil Nadu
   • Margin: 240,585 votes
   • Opponent: A. Raja (DMK)
10. Nisith Pramanik – Cooch Behar Lok Sabha seat, West Bengal
    • Margin: Over 39,000 votes
    • Opponent: Jagadish Chandra Basunia (Trinamool Congress)
11. Sanjeev Balyan – Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat, Uttar Pradesh
    • Margin: Over 24,000 votes
    • Opponent: Harendra Singh Malik (Samajwadi Party)

These ministers were unable to secure victory in their constituencies during the 2024 elections.

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