- By Ashita Singh
- Thu, 17 Aug 2023 07:00 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: For the upcoming elections in the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its first list of 21 candidates and that too even before the announcement of elections. Elections will be held for the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly later this year.
The list included names of five women candidates including Laxmi Rajwade, Shakuntala Singh Porthe, Sarla Kosaria, Alka Chandrakar, and Geeta Ghasi Sahu. The list also includes the name of Durg MP Vijay Baghel -- a distant nephew of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. Vijay Baghel is to contest the poll from the Patan assembly seat.
The early declaration of the first list in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh is being seen as a move to give more time to candidates to campaign.BJP is the first national party to declare candidates for both Madhya Pradesh and ChhattisgarhThe announcement comes a day after discussions in the Party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting regarding poll preparations for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
Check the full list of 21 candidates from the BJP for the Chhattisgarh assembly election:
Assembly constituency Candidate name
1 Premnagar Bhulan Singh Maravi
2 Bhatgaon Laxmi Rajwade
3 Pratappur Shakuntala Singh Porthe
4 Ramanujganj Ramvichar Netam
5 Lundra Praboj Bhinj
6 Kharsia Mahesh Sahu
7 Dharamjaigarh Harishchandra Rathia
8 Korba Lakhanlal Dewangan
9 Marwahi Pranav Kumar Marpachhi
10 Saraipali Sarla Kosaria
11 Khallari Alka Chandrakar
12 Abhanpur Indrakumar Sahu
13 Rajim Rohit Sahu
14 Sihawa Shrawan Markam
15 Daundi Lohara Devlal Halwa Thakur
16 Patan Vijay Baghel, MP
17 Khairagarh Vikrant Singh
18 Khujji Geeta Ghasi Sahu
19 Mohla-Manpur Sanjeev Saha
20 Kanker Asharam Netam
21 Bastar Maniram Kashyap