- By Ashita Singh
- Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:18 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its first list of 39 candidates for the for the upcoming Assembly Elections 2023. The first list included the names of 39 people which included 5 women. The state is slated to go to polls this year for 230 constituencies.
For the high-stake elections, BJP has SC Morcha national president, Lal Singh Arya from Gohad in Bhind district, and its national secretary, Omprakash Dhurwey, will contest the poll from Dindori's Shahpura assembly constituency.
Meanwhile, BJP has also declared the names of 21 candidates for the 90-seat Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls. The early declaration of the first list of candidates in 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 Chhattisgarh.
BJP is in power in Madhya Pradesh and the election is likely to be fought with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan being the face of the party’s campaign led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Here is 1st list of BJP candidates for Madhya Pradesh polls:
Sarla Vijendra Rawat - Sabalgarh constituency
Adal Singh Kansana - Sumawali constituency
Lal Singh Arya - Gohad (SC) constituency
Preetam Lodhi - Pichhore constituency
Priyanka Meena - Chachoura constituency
Jagannath Singh Raghuvanshi - Chanderi constituency
Veerendra Singh Lambardar - Banda constituency
Kamakhya Pratap Singh - Maharajpur constituency
Lalita Yadav - Chhatarpur constituency
Lakhan Patel - Pathariya constituency
Rajesh Kumar Verma - Gunnaor (SC) constituency
Surendra Singh Gaharwar - Chitrakoot constituency
Herrasingh Shyam - Pushprajgarh (ST) constituency
Dhirendra Singh - Barwara (ST) constituency
Neeraj Thakur - Bargi constituency
Anchal Sonkar - Jabalpur Purba (SC) constituency
Omprakash Dhurwey - Shahpura (ST) constituency
Vijay Anand Marawi - Bichhiya (ST) constituency
Bhagat Singh Netam - Baihar (ST) constituency
Rajkumar Karrahe - Lanji constituency
Kamal Maskole - Barghat (ST) constituency
Mahendra Nagesh - Gotegaon (SC) constituency
Nanabhau Mohod - Saunsar constituency
Prakash Uikey - Pandhurna (ST) constituency
Chandrashekhar Deshmukh - Multai constituency
Mahendra Singh Chouhan - Bhainsdehi (ST) constituency
Alok Sharma - Bhopal Uttar constituency
Dhruv Narayan Singh - Bhopal Madhya constituency
Rajesh Sonkar - Sonkatch (SC) constituency
Rajkumar Mev - Maheshwar (SC) constituency
Atmaram Patel - Kasrawad constituency
Nagar Singh Chouhan - Alirajpur (ST) constituency
Bhanu Bhuriya - Jhabua (ST) constituency
Nirmala Bhuriya - Petiawad (ST) constituency
Jaydeep Patel - Kukshi (ST) constituency
Kalu Singh Thakur - Dharampuri (ST) constituency
Madhu Verma - Rau constituency
Tarachand Goyal - Tarana (SC) constituency
Satish Malviya - Ghatiya (SC) constituency