CPI(M) releases first list of 44 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

NEW DELHI: The CPI(M) on Thursday released its first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls . The list, which was shared by the party on X, includes 15 candidates for Kerala, including sitting MP A M Arif from Alappuzha, former health minister K K Shailaja, and Rajya Sabha MP E Kareem.

The CPI(M) announced 17 names for West Bengal , including Md Salim from Murshidabad.

The names had been announced earlier by the party's state unit.

It named two candidates for Tamil Nadu -- sitting MP S Venkatesan from Madurai and R Sachidhanandham from Dindigul.

The party also announced one candidate each for Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura.