The Bhartiya Janta Party released its first list of candidates for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram after a central election committee meeting in New Delhi on 20 October, Saturday. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah.
The Union Minister JP Nadda announced 77 candidates out of a total of 90 Assembly seats in Chattisgarh out of which 14 women have been given the ticket while 14 sitting MLAs including minister Ramshila Sahu have been replaced with new candidates.
Among those fielded by the BJP include former IAS officer O P Chaudhary and tribal leader Ramdayal Urke, who recently left the Congress and joined the BJP. The sitting MLAs who were denied ticket are Ramshila Sahu (minister), Yudhveer Singh Judev , Sunita Rathiya, Vidhyaratan Bhasin, Raju Khatriya, Bhojram Nag and Naveen Markandey.
Chief minister Raman Singh has been fielded from his present assembly segment Rajnandgaon. Eighteen constituencies that are naxal-affected will go to polls in the first phase on November 12, while the rest of the 72 constituencies would go to polls in the second phase on November 20
The names of the candidates and their respective constituencies for Chattisgarh Assembly elections are as follows:
- Bharatpur Sonhat (ST)- Champa Devi Panwle
2. Manendragarh- Shyam Bihari Jaiswal
3. Baikunthpur- Bhaiyalal Rajwade
4. Bhatgaon- Rajni Tripathi
5. Pratappur(ST)- Ram Sewak Paikra
6. Samri(ST)-Sidhnath Paikra
7. Lundra (ST)- Vijaynath Singh(Baba)
8. Ambikapur- Anurag SIngh Dev
9. Sitapur(ST)- Professor Gopal Ram Bhagat
10. Jashpur(ST)- Govindram Bhagat
11. Kunkuri(ST)- Bahrat Say
12. Pathalgaon(ST)- Shivshankar Paikra
13. Lailunga(ST)- Satyanand Rathia
14. Raigarh- Roshan Lal Agarwal
15. Sarangarh(SC)- Kerabai Manhar
16. Kharsia- O.P Chawdury
17. Dharamjaigarh(ST)- St. Leenav Rathia
18. Rampur(ST)- Nankiram Kanwar
19. Korba- Vikas Mahto
20. Katghora- Lakhanlal Devangan
21. Pali-Tanakhar(ST)- Ram Dayal Urke
22. Marwahi(ST)- Smt. Archana Porte
23. Lormi- Tokhan Sahu
24. Mungeli(SC)- Punnulal Mohle
25. Takhatpur- Harshita Pandey
26. Biha- Dharamlal Kaushik
27. Bilaspur- Amar Agrawal
28. Beltara- Rajnish Singh
29. Masturi(SC)- Dr. Krishnamurti Bodhi
30. Akaltara- Saurabh Singh
31. Janjgir-Champa- Narayan Chandel
32. Sakti- Megharam Sahu
33. Chandrapur- Smt. Sanyogita Singh
34. Pamgarh(SC)- Ambesh Jangde
35. Khallari- Monica Sahu
36. Billaigarh(SC)- Dr. Sanam Jangde
37. Kasdol- GAuri Shankar Agrawal
38. Bahtapara- Shivratan Sharma
39. Dharsiwa- Devji Bhai Patel
40. Raipur Rural- Nand Kumar (Nande) Sahu
41. Raipur City West- Rajesh Munat
42. Raipur City South- Brijmohan Agrawal
43. Arang(SC)- Sanjay Dhidhi
44. Abhanpur- Chandrashekhar Sahu
45. Rajim- Santosh Upadhyay
46. Bindrawagarh(ST)- Damrudhar Pujari
47. Sihawa(ST)- Smt. Pinki Shivraj Shah
48. Kurud- Ajay Chandrakar
49. Dhamtari- Smt. Ranjana Sahu
50. Daundi Lohara(ST)- Laal Mahendra Tekam
51. Patan- Motilal Sahu
52. Durg Rural- Jageshwar Sahu
53. Durg City- Smt. Chandrika Chandrakar
54. Bhilai Nagar- Prem Prakash Pandey
55. Ahiwara(SC)- Sanwla Ram Dahre
56. Saja- Labhchand Bafna
57. Bametara- Awdhesh Chandel
58. Navagarh(SC)- Dayaldas Badhel
59. Pandariya- Motiram Chandrawanshi
60. Kawardha- Ashok Sahu
61. Khairagarh- Komal Janghel
62. Dongargarh(SC)- Smt.Sarojini Banjare
63. Rajnandgaon- Dr. Raman Singh
64. Dongargaon- MAdhusudan Yadav
65. Khujji- Hirendra Sahu
66. Mohla-Manpur(ST)- Kanchanmala Bhuarya
67. Antagarh(ST)- Vikram Usaidi
68. Bhanupratappur(ST)- Devlal Dugga
69. Kanker(ST)- Heera Markam
70. Keshkal(ST)- Harishankar Netam
71. Kondagaon(ST)- Sushri Lata Usaidi
72. Narayanpur(ST)- Kedar Kashyap
73. Jagdalpur- Santosh Bafna
74. Chitrakot(ST)- Lacchuram Kashyap
75. Dantewada(ST)- Bhima Mandawi
76. Bijapur(ST)-Mahesh Gagda
77. Konta(ST)- Dhaniram Barse