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CPI(M)’s list of 45 candidates has some old faces and some new
In its list, the CPI(M), has named 16 candidates each for Kerala and West Bengal, two for Assam, one each for Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. The party has also named two candidates each for Tamil Nadu and Tripura.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday released its list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list includes the names of 45 candidates.
In its list, the CPI(M), has named 15 candidates each for Kerala and West Bengal, two for Assam, one each for Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, and the Union territory of Lakshadweep. The party has also named two candidates each for Tamil Nadu and Tripura.
Among the more prominent names that the party has listed are sitting MPs MB Rajesh from Palakkad, Innocent from Chalakudy, PK Sreemathi from Kannur, PK Biju from Alathur, and A Sampath from Attingal.
The CPI(M) will be hoping to repeat the 2014 Lok Sabha election performance of these MPs in the upcoming elections.
The new faces that the party has nominated for different seats from Kerala include KP Satheesh Chandran from Kasargode, P Jayarajan from Vadakar, A Pradeep Kumar from Kozhikkode.
In West Bengal, the CPI(M) is fielding the only two sitting MPs it has: Mohammed Salim in Raiganj and Badruddaza Khan from Murshidabad, among a host of other candidates.
The full list is below:
Assam
Kokrajhar (ST): Biraj Deka
Lakhimpur: Amiya Kumar Handique
Haryana
Hisar: Sukhbir Singh
Himanchal
Mandi: Daleep Kainth
Kerala
Kasargode: KP Satheesh Chandran
Kannur: PK Sreemathi
Vadakar: P Jayarajan
Kozhikkode: A PRadeep Kumar
Malappuram: VP Sanu
Alathoor: PK Biju
Palakkad: MB Rajesh
Chalakudy: Innocent
Ernakulamv P Rajeev
Kottayam: VN Vasavan
Alappuzha: AM Arif
Pathanamthitta Veena George
Kollam: KN Balagopal
Attingal A Sampath
Idukki: Joice George (CPI(M) supported independent)
Ponnani: PV Anwar (CPI(M) supported independent)
Madhya Pradesh
Rewa: Girijesh Singh Sengar
Maharashtra
Dindori: Jeeva Pandu Gavit
Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Janardhan Pati
Punjab
Anandpur Sahib: Raghunath Singh
Tamil Nadu
Madurai: Su. Venkatesan
Coimbatore: PR Natarjan
Tripura
Tripura East: Jitendra Chowdhury
Tripura West: Sankar Prasad Datta
West Bengal
Jalpaiguri: Bhagirath Roy
Raiganj: Md Salim
Murshidabad: Badruddaza Khan
Ranaghat: Rama Biswas
Bangaon: Alokesh Das
Dum Dum: Nepaldeb Bhattacharya
Diamond Harbour: Dr Fuad Halim
Jadavpur: Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
Kolkata Dakshi: Dr Nandini Mukherjee
Uluberia: Dr Maksuda Khatun
Hoogly: Pradip Saha
Arambag: Sakti Mohan Malik
Bishnupur: Sunil Khan
Bardhaman Purba: Iswar Chandra Das
Bardhaman Durgapur: Abhas Roy Choudhury
Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep: Sherif Khan
