BJP releases first list of 21 candidates for Chhattisgarh assembly election. Check here

BJP releases candidate lists for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh assembly elections.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh state assembly election along with a similar list of 39 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly election. The names were decided at the BJP's Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by party chief J P Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other senior leaders.

BJP flags at the party headquarter in New Delhi.(HT File Photo)

Check full list of 21 candidates from BJP for Chhattisgarh assembly election:

Serial no.	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

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In Chhattisgarh, the BJP has fielded Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel from Patan, Bhulan Singh Maravi from Premnagar, Laxmi Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Shakuntala Singh Porthe from Pratappur (ST), Sarla Kosaria from Saraipali (SC), Alka Chandrakar from Khallari, Gita Ghasi Sahu from Khujji and Maniram Kashyap from Bastar (ST), among others.

In 2018, the BJP had won only 15 of the 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh assembly against 68 by the Congress.

Besides Chhattisgarh and MP, states like Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram also are scheduled to go to polls later this year.

(With PTI inputs)