Haryana elections: BJP releases first list of 78 candidates; CM Manohar Lal Khattar to contest from Karnal seat

Bhartiya Janta party released its first list of 78 candidates on Monday for the upcoming Haryana elections. Haryana will go to polls for its 90 seats on October 21. Votes will be counted on October 24. 

The decision came after the Central Election Committee chaired a meeting on Monday. The meeting was chaired by BJP president Amit Shah. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party’s working president Jagat Prakash Nadda were also present.

Chief Minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar will contest from Karnal seat. Nine women have been given the ticket. Former Chief Minister Devi Lal‘s grandson, Aditya Devilal will fight from Dabbali assembly seat. BJP chief for the state, Subhash Barala will fight from Tohana seat.

The party has also given a chance to the new batch of fresh entrants. Yogeshwar Dutt has been given ticket from Baroda (Sonipat) seat. Sandeep Singh will contest from Pehowa while Babita Phogat will stand from Dadri Assembly seat. These athletes had joined the saffron party recently only.

Two Muslim candidates were also given the tickets. Zakir Hussain will contest from Nuh while Naseem Ahmed will stand form Ferozepur Jhirka.

First list of 78 BJP candidates for the ensuing General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana. https://t.co/jO0jOshg7m pic.twitter.com/aJIVX66XI7

— BJP (@BJP4India) September 30, 2019

List of Candidates-

1. Karnal – Shri Manohar Lal Khattar
2. Thanesar – Shri Subhash Sudha
3. Pehowa – Sardar Sandeep Singh
4. Guhla (SC) – Shri Ravi Taranvali
5. Kaithal – Shri Lila Ram Gurjar
6. Rai – Shri Mohan Lal Kaushik Badoli
7. Sonipat – Smt. Kavita Jain
8. Gohana – Shri Tirath Singh Rana
9. Baroda – Shri Yogeshwar Dutt
10. Julana – Shri Parmender Dhul
11. Safidon – Shri Bachchan Singh Arya
12. Jind – Dr. Krishan Midda
13. Uchana Kalan – Smt. Prem Lala
14. Pundri – Shri Vedpal Advocate
15. Nilokheri (SC) – Shri Bhagwan Das Kabirpanthi
16. Indri – Shri Ramkumar Kashyap
17. Gharaunda – Shri Harvinder Kalyan
18. Assandh – Sardar Bakshi Singh Virk
19. Panipat Rural – Shri Mahipal
20. Tohana – Shri Subhash Barala
21. Kalka – Smt. Latika Sharma
22. Panchkula – Shri Gyan Chand Gupta
23. Ambala Cantt. – Shri Anil Vij
24. Ambala City – Shri Ashim Goyal
25. Mulana (SC) – Shri Rajveer Barada
26. Sadhaura (SC) – Shri Balwant Singh
27. Jagadhri – Shri Kanwarpal Gurjar
28. Yamunanagar – Shri Ghanshyam Das Arora
29. Radaur – Shri Karndev Kamboj
30. Ladwa – Shri Pawan Saini
31. Shahbad (SC) – Shri Krishan Bedi
32. Kalayat- Smt. Kamlesh Dhanda
33. Israna (SC) – Shri Krishan Panwar
34. Narnaund – Capt. Abhimanyu
35. Hansi – Shri Vinod Bhyana
36. Barwala – Shri Surender Puniya
37. Hisar – Dr. Kamal Gupta
38. Badshahpur – Shri Manish Yadav
39. Sohna – Shri Sanjay Singh
40. Nuh – Shri Zakir Hussain
41. Ferozepur Jhirka – Shri Naseem Ahmed
42. Punahana – Kum. Nouksham Choudhary
43. Hathin – Shri Praveen Dagar
44. Hodal (SC) – Shri Jagdish Nayar
45. Prithla – Shri Sohanpal Chhaukkar
46. Faridabad NIT – Shri Nagendra Bhadana
47. Badkhal – Smt. Seema Tirkha
48. Ballabhgarh – Shri Moolchand Sharma
49. Faridabad – Shri Narender Gupta
50. Tigaon – Shri Rajesh Nagar
51. Nalwa – Shri Ranveer Gangva
52. Loharu – Shri J.P. Dalal
53. Badhra – Shri Sukhvinder Mandi
54. Dadri – Ms. Babita Phogat
55. Bhiwani – Shri Ghanshyam Sharaf
56. Bawani Khera (SC) – Shri Bishambhar Balmiki
57. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi – Shri Satish Nandal
58. Rohtak – Shri Manish Grover
59. Kalanaur (SC) – Shri Ramavtar Balmiki
60. Samalkha – Shri Shashikant Kaushik
61. Narwana (SC) – Smt. Santosh Danoda
62. Ratia (SC) – Shri Laxman Napa
63. Kalawali (SC) – Shri Balkaur Singh
64. Dabwali – Shri Aditya Devilal
65. Rania – Shri Ramchandra Kamboj
66. Sirsa – Shri Pradeep Ratusariya
67. Ellenabad – Shri Pawan Beniwal
68. Uklana (SC) – Smt. Asha Khedar
69. Bahadurgarh – Shri Naresh Kaushik
70. Badli – Shri Omparkash Dhankhad
71. Jhajjar (SC) – Dr. Rakesh Kumar
72. Beri – Shri Vikram Kadyan
73. Ateli – Shri Sita Ram Yadav
74. Mahendragarh – Shri Rambilash Sharma
75. Narnaul – Shri Omprakash Yadav
76. Nangal – Chaudhry Shri Abhay Singh Yadav
77. Bawal (SC) – Dr. Banwari Lal
78. Pataudi (SC) – Shri Satya Prakash Jaravata

According to the party sources, the names for 12 more seats will be released soon.

Important Dates for Haryana Polls-

• The detailed notification will be issued on September 27.
• Filing of nominations for will begin from September 27 to October 4.
• Scrutiny of applications will be done on October 5.
• Nominations withdrawal can be done till October 7.
• Haryana elections will take place on October 21.
• Counting of votes will be done on October 24.

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