Chhattisgarh assembly election: Congress announces 53 candidates in second list

Chhattisgarh goes to polls in two phases on November 7 and 17. The counting of votes will take place on December 3.

Published on: Oct 18, 2023, 19:17:50 IST

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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.

The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 53 candidates. (HT_PRINT)

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.

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