Gul Panag: Former Miss India and Bollywood actress Gul Panag, who is known for being involved with social causes, was chosen as the candidate of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Chandigarh.

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Amongst numerous LS candidates from across the nation, celebs too are in the fray to occupy a seat in the Parliament as they gear up to contest the upcoming 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. Check out a slide on celebrities turned politicians! Gul Panag: Former Miss India and Bollywood actress Gul Panag, who is known for being involved with social causes, was chosen as the candidate of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from Chandigarh. (BCCL)

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Paresh Rawal: Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal was on announced as BJP's candidate for Ahmedabad East LS seat. (BCCL/Sajal Mukherjee)

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Moon Moon Sen: The Mamta Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress party has Suchitra Sen's daughter Moon Moon fighting from Bankura, West Bengal. (BCCL/Krishna Roy)

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Nagma: Actress Nagma is standing as a Congress candidate in the upcoming general elections in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (BCCL/Anindya Chattopadhyay)

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Mohammad Kaif: Former Indian cricketer Mohd Kaif will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Phulpur as a Congress candidate.

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Bappi Lahiri: Musician Bappi Lahiri who recently joined the BJP will be contesting the general elections from Srerampur in West Bengal. (PTI)

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Mahesh Manjrekar: Actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar will contest the Lok Sabha election from Mumbai North-West as a Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) candidate. (BCCL/Raju Shinde)

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Junior P.C.Sarkar: Star magician Sarkar is contesting Indian general election, 2014 from Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency) as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

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Shabana Azmi: Azmi is a social and women's rights activist, a Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA), and a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian parliament. (BCCL/Ashish Shankar)

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Amitabh Bachchan: In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly entered politics in support of long-time family friend, Rajiv Gandhi. He contested Allahabad's seat of 8th Lok Sabha against H. N. Bahuguna, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and won by one of the highest victory margins in general election history. (BCCL)

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