BJP Lok Sabha candidates list Highlights: Shivraj to contest from Vidisha

“...We will work towards achieving 'Viksit Bharat' under the leadership of PM Modi. It is a very balanced list of candidates, in which youth, women, and others have been given a chance to work,” says Shivraj Chouhan on being announced as BJP candidate from Vidisha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said the BJP is aiming at a two-digit number in Kerala where at present the party has no Lok Sabha MP. On Saturday, as the first list of the candidates was announced, the BJP placed its hidden cards in Kerala -- Anil Antony to contest from Pathanamthitta and Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram. Dig deeper

BJP workers are celebrating in Varanasi after it was announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from this constituency for the third time.

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar fielded from Balurghat. BJP leader Saumitra Khan has been fielded from Bishnupur

Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar to contest on BJP ticket from Thiruvananthapuram, likely to contest against incumbent MP Shashi Tharoor of Congress

BJP repeats union minister Dr Jitendra Singh and sitting MP Jugal Kishore from Udhampur and Jammu parliamentary seats

BJP leader Alok Sharma to contest from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh; Pragya Singh Thakur dropped

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: Union minister Smriti Irani to contest from Amethi

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: Actor-politician Hema Malini fielded from Mathura for the third time

In Rajasthan, BJP fields Union ministers Arjun Meghwal and Bhupendra Yadav from Bikaner and Alwar respectively. Speaker Om Birla will contest from Kota.

BJP announces 15 seats from Gujarat; Amit Shah to contest from Gandhinagar and Mansukhbhai Mandaviya to contest from Porbandar

Former Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan will contest from Vidisha

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to contest from Guna in Madhya Pradesh.

BJP announces candidates for five seats in Delhi

Praveen Khandelwal ( Chandni Chowk)
Manoj Tiwari North East Delhi
Bansuri Swaraj ( New Delhi)
Kamalkit Sehrawat ( West Delhi)
Ramvir Bidhuri (South Delhi)

Union minister Kiren Rijiju to contest from Arunachal West seat, Sarbananda Sonowal to contest from Dibrugarh in Assam

Twenty-eight women, 47 young leaders in BJP's first list of Lok Sabha candidates for 16 states and Union Territories

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: 51 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh will be announced. Add to this, candidates in 24 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh are being announced.

BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde says 195 candidates include 34 central ministers.

PM Modi will contest from Varanasi

BJP general secretary Vinod Tawde says,"Over the past few days we targeted to expand our presence in more states."

The presser begins. BJP leaders Vinod Tawde, Jay Panda among leaders seated.

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: It is expected that several big names including Prime Minister Narendra Modi may feature in the first candidates list. The prime minister is currently an MP from Varanasi.

BJP MP Jayant Sinha on Saturday requested party president JP Nadda to relieve him from direct electoral duties, indicating that he does not wish to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election. According to Sinha, he wants to be relieved so that he can focus on combating global climate change. Dig deeper

BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Saturday wrote on X that he has asked party chief JP Nadda to "relieve me of my political duties". The Delhi politician, one of the foremost critics of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, said he wants to focus on his upcoming cricket commitments. Dig deeper

BJP Lok Sabha candidates list LIVE: BJP to announce first list of Lok Sabha candidates shortly