Meet youngest candidates, all becoming MPs at 25 post LS polls victory

At 25, at least four candidates are set to become the youngest members of Parliament (MPs) after winning the Lok Sabha elections, the results of which were declared yesterday. Pushpendra Saroj and Priya Saroj fought on the Samajwadi Party's ticket, while Shambhavi Choudhary and Sanjana Jatav were fielded by the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Congress, respectively.

India's youngest MPs at 25: 

Shambhavi Choudhary: Shambhavi Choudhary, the daughter of Ashok Choudhary, an influential minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet in Bihar, won from the Samastipur constituency. She defeated her nearest rival, Sunny Hazari of Congress, who is the son of JD(U) minister Maheshwar Hazari. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier praised Shambhavi as the youngest NDA candidate while addressing a campaign rally.

Sanjana Jatav: Sanjana Jatav won from the Bharatpur constituency in Rajasthan, defeating BJP's Ramswaroop Koli by a margin of 51,983 votes. Sanjana, who is married to Rajasthan police constable Kaptan Singh, had previously contested the 2023 Assembly elections but lost to BJP's Ramesh Khedi by just 409 votes.

Pushpendra Saroj: Saroj entered the political battlefield as an SP candidate from the Kaushambi parliamentary seat, previously held by the BJP. He won by defeating sitting BJP MP Vinod Kumar Sonkar by a margin of 103,944 votes. Pushpendra is the son of five-time MLA and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Inderjit Saroj.

Priya Saroj: Priya Saroj won from the Machhlishahr seat by a margin of 35,850 votes, defeating sitting BJP MP Bholanath. Priya is the daughter of three-time MP Toofani Saroj.