Lucknow: BJP candidate Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in the popular TV serial Ramayana, won the Meerut Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh by defeating his nearest rival Sunita Verma of Samajwadi Party.

Govil won by 10,585 votes.

He got 5,46,469 votes, SP's Sunita Verma got 5,35,884 votes and BSP's Devvrat Kumar Tyagi got 87,025 votes.