Full first list of Congress’ 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will contest the Lok Sabha polls from Kerala’s Wayanad again, the party announced on Friday as it released its first list of 39 candidates.
Congress general secretary K C Venugopal will contest from Alappuzha (Kerala), former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel from Rajnandgaon, Jyotsna Mahant from Korba, Tamradhwaj Sahu from Mahasamund and Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram.
Venugopal said the list has 15 general category candidates while 24 are from the SC, ST, OBC and minority communities.
Congress treasurer Ajay Maken said the list has a good mix of youth and experience.
Full list of candidates
Sr. No.
Candidate
Constituency
1
Shivkumar Dahariya
Jangir – Champa (SC), Chhattisgarh
2
Ms Jyotsana Mahant
Korba
3
Bhupesh Baghel
Rajnandgaon
4
Rajendra Sahu
Durg
5
Vikas Upadhyay
Raipur
6
Tamradhwaj Sahu
Mahasamund
7
HR Algur (Raju)
Bijapur (SC), Karnataka
8
Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Math
Haveri
9
Geetha Shivarjkumar
Shimoga
10
M Shreyas Patel
Hassan
11
SP Muddahanumegowda
Tumkur
12
Venkataramegowda (Star Chandru)
Mandya
13
D K Suresh
Bangalore Rural
14
Rajmohan Unnithan
Kasaragod, Kerala
15
K Sudhakaran
Kannur
16
Shafi Parambil
Vadakara
17
Rahul Gandhi
Wayanad
18
MK Raghavan
Kozhikode
19
VK Sreekandan
Palakkad
20
Ms Ramya Haridas
Alathur (SC)
21
K Muraleedharan
Thrissur
22
Benny Behanan
Chalakudy
23
Hibi Eden
Ernakulam
24
Dean Kuriakose
Idukki
25
KC Venugopal
Alappuzha
26
Kodikunnil Suresh
Mavelikkara )SC)
27
Anto Antony
Pathanamthitta
28
Adoor Prakash
Attingal
29
Shashi Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram
30
Mohd. Hamdullaha Sayeed
Lakshadweep
31
Vincent H Pala
Shillong (ST), Meghalaya
32
Saleng A Sangma
Tura (ST)
33
S Supongmeren Jamir
Nagaland
34
Gopal Chettri
Sikkim
35
Suresh Kumar Shetkar
Zahirabad, Telengana
36
Raghuveer Kunduru
Nalgonda
37
Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy
Mahbubnagar
38
Balram Naik Korika
Mahabubabad (ST)
39
Ashish Kumar Saha
Tripura West
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