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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP releases list of 184 candidates. Full list here
The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 184 candidates for 23 states. Here is the full list.
The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 184 candidates. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest from his Varanasi seat, party chief Amit Shah will be contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time from sitting MP LK Advani’s seat Gandhinagar.
Here is the full list of candidates relased by the BJP:
Uttar Pradesh
Varanasi: Narendra Modi
Saharanpur: Raghav Lakhanpal
Bijnor: Kunwar Bharatendra Singh
Moradabad: Kunwar Sarvesh kumar
Sambhal: Parmeshwar Lal Saini
Amroha: Kanwar Singh Tanwar
Meerut: Rajendra Agrawal
Baghpat: Satya Pal Singh
Ghaziabad: Vijay Kumar Singh
Gautam Buddha Nagar: Mahesh Sharma
Aligarh: Satish Kumar Gautam
Mathura: Hema Malini
Agra: SP Singh Baghel
Fatehpur Sikri: Raj Kumar Chaher
Etah: Rajveer Singh-MP (Raju Bhaiya)
Badaun: Sangh Mitra Maurya
Aonla: Dharmendra Kumar
Bareilly: Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Shahjahanpur: Arun Sagar
Kheri: Ajay Kumar Mishra
Sitapur: Rajesh Verma
Hardoi: Jai Prakash Rawat
Misrikh: Ashok Rawat (ex MP)
Unnao: Sakshi Maharaj
Mohanlalganj: Kaushal Kishore
Lucknow: Rajnath Singh
Amethi: Smriti Irani
Maharashtra
Nandurbar (ST): Dr Heena Vijaykumar Gavit
Dhule: Dr Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
Raver: Smt Raksha Nikhil Khadse
Akola: Shri Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre
Wardha: Shri Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas
Nagpur: Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST): Shri Ashok Mahedeorao Nete
Chandrapur: Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Jalna: Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve
BhiwandiP: Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil
Mumbai-North: Shri Gopal Chinayya Shetty
Mumbai-North-Central: Smt. Poonam Mahajan
Ahmednagar: Shri Sujav Vikhe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Vishal Jolly
Assam
Karimganj: Kripanath Malla
Silchar: Dr Rajdeep Roy Bengali
3 Autonomous District(ST): Harensingh Bey
Gauhati: Smt. Queen Ojha
Mangaldoi: Dilip Saikia
Jorhat: Tapan Gogai
Dibrugarh: Rameswar Teli
Lakhimpur: Pradan Baruah
Arunachal Pradesh
Aruanchal West: Tapir Gao
Arunachal East: Kiren Rijiju
Chhattisgarh
Surguja: Smt. Renuka Singh
Raigarh: Smt. Gomtee Sai 3
Janjgir-Champa: Guharam Ajgale
Bastar: Baiduram Kashyap
Kanker: Mohan Mandavi
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel
Jammu & Kashmir
Baramulla Shri M M War
Srinagar: Khalid Jahangir
Anantnag: Sofi Youssaf
Udhampur: Dr. Jitendra Singh
Jammu Sharma: Jugal Kishore
Karnataka
Bidar: Bhagwanth Khuba
Bellary: Devendrappa
Haveri: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi
Dharwad: Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Uttara Kannada: Anantkumar Hegde
Devanagere: Gowdar M Siddeshwara
Shimoga: BY Raghavendra
Udupi Chikmanglur: Kum. Shobha Karandjale
Hassan: A Manju
Dakshina Kannada: Nalin Kumar Kateel
Chitradurga (SC): A Narayana Swamy
Tumkur: G S Basavaraju
Mysore: Prathap Simha
Chamrajnagar: Srinivasa Prasad
Bangalore North: D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Bangalore Central: P.C. Mohan
Chikkballapur: B N Bachchegowda
Belgaum: Suresh Chanabasappa Angadi
Bagalkot: Parvatagouda C Gaddigoudar
Bijapur: Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
Gulbarga: Dr Umesh Jadhav
Bidar Shri Bhagwanth Khuba 3
Bellary: Devendrappa
Davanagere: Gowdar M Siddeshwara
Shimoga: B Y Raghavendra
Udupi Chikmagalur Kum. Shobha Karandlaje
Chitradurga: A Narayana Swamy
Chamrajanagar: Srinivasa Prasad
Bangalore North: D.V. Sadananda Gowda 2
Bangalore Central: PC Mohan
Chikkballapur: B N Bachchegowda
Kerala:
Kasaragod: Raveesh Thantri Kuntar
Kannur: CK Padmanabhan
Vadakara: VK Sajeevan
Kozhikode: Adv KP Prakash Babu
Malappuram: Unnikrishnan Master
Ponnani: Prof VT Rema
Palakkad: C Krishnakumar
Chalakudy: An Radhakrishnan
Ernakulam: Alphonse Kannanthana
Alappuzha: KS Radhakrishnan
Kollam: VKV Sabu
Attingal: Sobha Surendran
Thiruvananthapuram: Kummanam Rajasekharan
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep: ABdul Khader
Manipur
Inner Manipur: KK Ranjan Singh
Outer Manipur: H Shokhopao Mate (Benjami)
Mizoram
Mizoram: Nirupam Chakma
Odisha:
Sundargarh: Jual Oram
Keonjhar: Ananta Naik
Balasore: Pratap Sarangi
Bhenkanal: Rudra Narayan Pani
Bolangir: Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Nabarangpur: Balabhadra Majhhi
Kendrapara: Baijyant Panda
Bhubaneswar: Aparajita Sarangi
Aska: Anita Priyadarshni
Berhampur: Brughu Baxipatra
Rajasthan
Ganganagar: Nihal Chand Chauhan
Bikaner: Arjun Ram Meghwal
Jhunjhunu: Narendra Khinchal
Sikar: Sumedhanand Saraswati
Jaipur Rural: Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Jaipur: Ramcharan Bohra
Tonk-Sawai Madhopur: Sukhbir singh Jaunapuria
Ajmer: Bhagirath Chaudhary
Pali: PP Chaudhary
Jodhpur: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Jalore: Devji Mansingram Patel
Udaipur: Arjunlal Meena
Chittorgarh: CP Joshi
Bhilwara: Subhash Chandra Baheria
Kota: Om Birla
Jhalawar-Baran: Dushyant Singh
Sikkim
Sikkim: Laten Tshering Sherpa
Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore: C P Radhakrishnan
Sivaganga: H Raja
Ramanathapuram: Nainar Nagendran
Thoothukkudi: Dr Tamilisai Soundarrajan
Kanniyakumari: Pon. Radhakrishnan
Telangana
Karimnagar: Bandi Sanjay
Nizamabad: D. Aravind
Malkajgiri: N Ramchandra Rao
Secunderabad: G Kishan Reddy
Mahabubnagar: Smt. D K Aruna
Nagarkurnool: Kum. Bangaru Shruthi
Nalgonda: Garlapati Jithender Kumar
Bhongir: P V Shamsunder Rao
Warangal: Chinta Sambamurthy
Mahabubabad: Jatothu Hussain Naik
Tripura
Tripura West: Rebati Tripura
Tripura East: Pratima Bhaumik
West Bengal
Maldaha Uttar: Khagen Murmu
Maldaha Dakshi: Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury
Krishnanagar: Kalyan Chowbey
Barrackpur: Arjun Singh
Dum Dum: Samik Bhattacharya
Barasat: Dr Mrinal Kanthi Debnath
Basirhat: Sayantan Basu
Jaynagar: Ashok Kandari
Mathurapur: Shyamaprasad Halder
Jadavpur: Prof Anupam Hazra
Kolkata Dakshin: Chandra Kumar Bose
Kolkata Uttar: Rahul Sinha
Serampore: Debajit Sarkar
Hooghly: Locket Chaterjee
Arambagh Tapan Roy
Tamluk: Siddharth Naskar
Ghatal: Bharati Ghosh
Jhargram: Dr Kumar Hembram
Medinipur: Dilip Ghosh
Bishnupur: Soumitra Kha
Bardhaman Purba: Paresh Chandra Das
Asansol: Babul Supriya
Birbhum: Dudh Kumar Mondal
Coochbehar: Nisith Pramanik
Alipurdar: John Barla
Jalpaiguri: Jayanta Ray
Raiganj: Deboshree Chaudhary
Balurghat: Sukanta Majumdar
Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam: D. Purandeshwari
Narasaraopet: Kanna Lakshmiyarana
The Lok Sabha elections begin on April 11 when the first phase of voting takes place and end on May 19 when the last and seventh phase of voting takes place. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.
