The BJP has revealed its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in 2024.
The BJP has revealed its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to run from Varanasi, as confirmed by party general secretary Vinod Tawde. The list includes 34 ministers who will be contesting for seats in the parliamentary polls.
Smriti Irani is set to contest from Amethi. Additionally, Bansuri, the daughter of the late Sushma Swaraj, will be making her debut in electoral politics.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to contest in the upcoming elections from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Additionally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has been named as the candidate for the Porbandar seat.
Rajnath Singh is set to contest from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, while former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will be vying for the Vidisha constituency.
34 ministers and 2 former chief ministers are part of the list. There are also 28 women, 47 leaders under 50 years old, and 57 members from the OBC community. Uttar Pradesh has the highest representation with 51 members, followed by West Bengal with 20, and Delhi with five.
Here is the full list of candidates and their Constituency:
Narendra Modi - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Bishnu Pada Ray - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kiren Rijiju - Arunachal Pradesh West, Arunachal Pradesh
Tapir Gao - Arunachal Pradesh East, Arunachal Pradesh
Kripanath Mallah - Karimganj, Assam
Parimal Suklabaidya - Silchar, Assam
Amar Sing Tisso - Autonomous District, Assam
Bijuli Kalita Medhi - Gauhati, Assam
Dilip Saikia - Mangaldoi, Assam
Ranjit Dutta - Tezpur, Assam
Suresh Bora - Nowgong, Assam
Kamakhaya Prasad Tasa - Kaliabor, Assam
Topon Kumar Gogai - Jorhat, Assam
Sarbananda Sonowal - Dibrugarh, Assam
Pradhan Baruah - Lakhimpur, Assam
Chintamani Maharaj - Sarguja, Chhattisgarh
Manoj Tiwari - North East Delhi, Delhi
Bansuri Swaraj - New Delhi, Delhi
Kamaljeet Sehrawat - West Delhi, Delhi
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri - South Delhi, Delhi
Amit Shah - Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Parshottam Rupala - Rajkot, Gujarat
Mansukh Mandaviya - Porbandar, Gujarat
Shripad Naik - North Goa, Goa
Dr Jitendra Singh - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
Jugal Kishore Sharma - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir
Krishna Kumar - Palakkad, Kerala
Suresh Gopi - Thrissur, Kerala
Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Jyotiraditya Scindia - Guna, Madhya Pradesh
Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh
Gajendra Patel - Khargone, Madhya Pradesh
Faggan Singh Kulaste - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Alok Sharma - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Arjun Ram Meghwal - Bikaner, Rajasthan
Bhupendra Yadav - Alwar, Rajasthan
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Mahendra Malviya - Baswara, Rajasthan
Manna Lal Rawat - Udaipur, Rajasthan
C P Joshi - Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
Om Birla - Kota, Rajasthan
Bandi Sanjay Kumar - Karimnagar, Telangana
Arvind Dharmapuri - Nizamabad, Telangana
G Kishan Reddy - Secunderabad, Telangana
Ajay Tamta - Almora, Uttarakhand
Dr Mahesh Sharma - Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh
Dr Bhola Singh - Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh
Smriti Irani - Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Hema Malini - Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Satyapal Singh Baghel - Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Raj Kumar Chahar - Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh
Rajveer Singh (Raju Bhaiya) - Etah, Uttar Pradesh
Sakshi Maharaj - Unnao, Uttar Pradesh
Rajnath Singh - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Nisith Pramanik - Cooch Behar, West Bengal
Dr Anirban Ganguly - Jadavpur, West Bengal
Dr Ratim Chakraborty - Howrah, West Bengal
Locket Chatterjee - Hooghly, West Bengal
