2019 Lok Sabha Elections BJP candidate list: JP Nadda announces 46 names from Goa, MP, Jharkhand, Gujarat
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced its fifth list of 46 candidates from Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. The list also includes two names of independent candidates that the party will support in Karnataka.
The list includes the name of Anurag Thakur, Nishikant Dubey and Narendra Singh Tomar who will contest from Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), Godda (Jharkhand) and Morena (Madhya Pradesh) respectively.
In Goa, while Shripad Yesso Naik will contest from North Goa seat, Narendra Keshav Sawaikar will fight from South Goa. The state of Goa has this many seats only.
In Gujarat, while BJP president Amit Shah's name was announced in the first list itself, on Saturday, BJP announced candidates on 15 more seats in the 26 parliamentary constituencies of the state. The 15 seats include the one Scheduled Caste seat and three Scheduled Tribe seats. On the 15 seats, 14 candidates are sitting MPs and will seek re-election in the upcoming general elections.
- Vinod Chavda - Kutch REPEAT
- Sabarkatnaha - Deepsinh Rathod REPEAT
- Ahmedabad West - Kirit Solanki REPEAT
- Surendranagar - Mahendra Munjpara
- Rajkot- Mohan Kundariya REPEAT
- Jamnagar - Poonamben Madam REPEAT
- Amreli - Naranbhai Kachhadia REPEAT
- Bhavnagar - Mrs. Bharatiben Shiyal REPEAT
- Kheda - Devsinh Chauhan REPEAT
- Dahod - Jashwantsinh Bhabhor REPEAT
- Vadodara - Ranjanben Bhatt REPEAT
- Bharuch - Mansukhbhai Vasava REPEAT
- Bardoli - Prabhubhai Vasava REPEAT
In Jharkhand, the BJP announced candidates on ten of the 14 parliamentary constituencies. Out of the ten candidates, one has been named on the Scheduled Caste seat of Palamau, while five on Scheduled Tribe seats of Rajmahal, Dumka, Singhbhum, Khunti and Lohardaga. Candidates on the politically crucial seats of Hazaribagh, Jamshedpur and Dhanbad have also been announced.
- Rajmahal - Hemlal Murmu
- Dumka - Sunil Soren
- Godda - Nishikant Dubey
In Himachal Pradesh, candidates on all the four parliamentary constituencies have been announced.
- Kangra - Kishan Kapoor
- Mandi - Ramswaroop Sharma
- Hamirpur - Anurag Thakur
- Shimla - Suresh Kashyap
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP announced candidates on the politically curial seats of Bhind, Morena, Ujjain among 15 seats.
- Morena - Narendra Singh Tomar
- Bhind - Snadhya Rai
- Tikmagarh - Virendra Kumar Khateek
- Damoh - Prahlad Patel
- Satna - Ganesh Singh
- Rewa - Janardhan Mishra
- Sidhi - Riti Pathak
- Shahdol - Himadri Singh
- Jabalpur - Rakesh Singh
- Mandla - Faggan Singh Kulaste
- Hoshangabad - Rao Udai Pratap Singh
- Ujjain - Anil Firojiya
- Mandour - Sudhir Gupta
- Khandwa - Nand Kumar Singh Chouhan
- Betul - Durgadas Uike
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