Nine Dynasties in new Parliament: Family Pairs

Source: Family pride in Lok Sabha – India – The Times of India

1. Congress: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi – Rae Bareli and Amethi
2. Samajwadi Party: Mulayam Singh Yadav and son Akhilesh – Mainpuri and Kannauj constituencies in UP
3. BJP: Maneka Gandhi & Varun Gandi: Uttar Pradesh – Aonla & Pilibhit
4. Ajit Singh (Baghpat) and Jayant Choudhury (Mathura)
5. Sharad Pawar & daughter Supriya Sule – Baramati (Maharashtra)
6. Trinamool Congress: Sisir and Subhendu Adhikary – West Bengal (Kanthi in East Midnapur, his son won the Tamluk seat where Nandigram is situated)
7. Karnataka – H D Devegowda and his son H D Kumaraswamy

Missed:

1. Prospective mother-son pair missed out with former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh‘s son Raninder losing from Bhatinda. Amarinder’s wife Preneet Kaur won from Patiala.
2. BJP: “Gorkha” face Jaswant Singh and son Manvendra could have been another but for the latter’s defeat in Barmer.

The biggest losers in the 2009 polls

1. Ram Vilas Paswan in Hajipur; Party: Lok Janshakti Party
2. Vaiko in Virudhunagar; Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3. Lalu Prasad Yadav in Pataliputra; Rashtriya Janata Dal
4. S Bangarappa in Shimoga; Indian National Congress
5. Renuka Chowdhary in Khammam; Indian National Congress
6. C K Jaffer Sharief in Bangalore North; Indian National Congress
7. Mani Shankar Aiyar in Mayiladuthurai; Indian National Congress
8. Alva Margaret in Uttara Kannada; Indian National Congress
9. Veteran socialist leader George Fernandes in Muzaffarpur – Independent
10. Union Minister for Minority Affairs A R Antulay in Raigad; Indian National Congress
11. Cricketer turned-politician and BJP candidate from East Delhi Chetan Chouhan
    
12. Don turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari in Varanasi – BSP
13. Muslim leaders of the BJP – Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in Rampur
14. BJP – Vinod Khanna in Gurdaspur, Punjab
15. SP – Lucknow: Nafisa Ali
16. Mandya – Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Ambareesh; Indian National Congress
17. Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Arvind, in Anakapalle: Praja Rajyam Party
18. Roja, from Chandragiri – TDP
19. Raj Babbar from Fatehpur-Sikri; Indian National Congress
20. Small screen star Shekhar Suman lost his deposit against Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib; Indian National Congress