The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 53 candidates for the Chhattisgarh assembly polls. This comes days after the grand old party had announced 30 candidates in its first list.
The party fielded sitting MLA Vikas Upadhyay from the Raipur City West assembly seat, Pankaj Sharma from Raipur Rural and Mahant Ram Sundar Das from the Raipur City South constituency.
Jitin Jaiswal will contest from Jagdalpur and Shailesh Pandey from Bilaspur, the state's ruling party announced.
Sitting MLA Arun Vora has been renominated from Durg City. His father Motilal Vora was a chief minister of united Madhya Pradesh.
Here is a full list of 53 candidates announced by the party.
| S.NO | CONSTITUENCY | CANDIDATE |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BHARATPUR-SONHAT (ST) | GULAB SINGH KAMRO |
| 2 | MANENDRAGARH | RAMESH SINGH |
| 3 | PREMNAGAR | KHELSAI SINGH |
| 4 | BHATGAON | PARAS NATH RAJWADE |
| 5 | PRATAPPUR (ST) | RAJKUMARI MARAWI |
| 6 | RAMANUJGANJ (ST) | DR. AJAY TIRKEY |
| 7 | SAMRI (ST) | VIJAY PAIKARA |
| 8 | LUNDRA (ST) | DR. PRITAM RAM |
| 9 | JASHPUR (ST) | VINAY KUMAR BHAGAT |
| 10. | KUNKURI (ST) | U.D MINJ |
| 11. | PATHALGAON (ST) | RAMPUKAR SINGH |
| 12. | LAILUNGA (ST) | VIDYAVATI SIDAR |
| 13. | RAIGARH | PRAKASH SHAKRAJEET NAIK |
| 14. | SARAGARH (SC) | UTTARI JANGDE |
| 15. | DHARAMJAIGARH (ST) | LALJEET SINGH RATHIYA |
| 16. | RAMPUR (ST) | PHOOL SINGH RATHIYA |
| 17. | KATGHORA | PURSHOTTAM KANWAR |
| 18. | PALI-TANAKHAR (ST) | DULESHWARI SIDAR |
| 19. | MARWAHI (ST) | DR. K.K. DHRUV |
| 20. | KOTA | ATAL SRIVASTAV |
| 21. | LORMI | THANESHWAR SAHU |
| 22. | MUNGELI (SC) | SANJIT BANERJEE |
| 23. | TAKHATPUR | DR. RASHMI ASHISH SINGH |
| 24. | BILHA | SIYARAM KAUSHIK |
| 25. | BILASPUR | SHAILESH PANDEY |
| 26. | BELTARA | VIJAY KESARWANI |
| 27. | MASTURI (SC) | DILIP LAHARIYA |
| 28. | AKALTARA | RAGHVENDRA SINGH |
| 29. | JANJGIR-CHAMPA | VYAS KASHYAP |
| 30. | CHANDRAPUR | RAM KUMAR YADAV |
| 31. | JAIJAIPUR | BALESHWAR SAHU |
| 32. | PAMGARH (SC) | SHESHRAJ HARBANS |
| 33. | BASNA | DEVENDER BAHADUR SINGH |
| 34. | KHALLARI | DWARIKADISH YADAV |
| 35. | BILAIGARH (SC) | KAVITA PRAN LAHARE |
| 36. | BALODA BAZAR | SHAILESH TRIVEDI |
| 37. | BHATAPARA | INDER KUMAR SAO |
| 38. | DHARSIWA | CHHAYA VERMA |
| 39. | RAIPUR RURAL | PANKAJ SHARMA |
| 40. | RAIPUR CITY (WEST) | VIKAS UPADHYAY |
| 41. | RAIPUR CITY (SOUTH) | MAHANT RAM SUNDAR DAS |
| 42. | ABHANPUR | DHANENDRA SAHU |
| 43. | RAJIM | AMITESH SHUKLA |
| 44. | BINDRANAWARGARH (ST) | JANAK LAL DHRUV |
| 45. | KURUD | TARINI CHANDRAKAR |
| 46. | SANJARI BALOD | SANGEETA SINHA |
| 47. | GUNDERDEHI | KUNWAR SINGH NISHAD |
| 48. | DURG CITY | ARUN VORA |
| 49. | BHILAI NAGAR | DEVENDRA YADAV |
| 50. | VAISHALI NAGAR | MUKESH CHANDRAKAR |
| 51. | AHIWARA (SC) | NIRMAL KOSARE |
| 52. | BEMETARA | ASHISH KUMAR CHHABRA |
| 53. | JAGDALPUR | JITIN JAISWAL |
Chhattisgarh goes to polls in two phases on November 7 and 17. The counting of votes will take place on December 3. The Congress is seeking to repeat its government in Chhattisgarh under Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.