BJP Unveils 72 Candidates for Upcoming Lok Sabha Elections

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has disclosed its second list of candidates, comprising 72 nominees, in anticipation of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. This roster features prominent figures such as Manohar Lal Khattar, Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, and Piyush Goyal.

Manohar Lal Khattar is slated to contest from the Karnal seat, while Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has retained his Nagpur seat. The announcement of Gadkari’s candidacy was preceded by some uncertainty, as his name was initially absent from the party’s first list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Let’s take a closer look at some key candidates from various states:

Delhi:

• East Delhi: Harsh Malhotra
• North West Delhi: Shri Yogendra Chandolia

Gujarat:

• Sabarkantha: Bhikaji Dudhaji Thakor
• Ahmedabad East: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel
• Bhavnagar: Nimuben Bambhania
• Vadodara: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt
• Surat: Mukeshbhai Chandrakant Dalal
• Valsad: Dhawal Patel

Haryana:

• Ambala: Banto Kataria
• Sirsa: Ashok Tanwar
• Karnal: Manohar Lal Khattar
• Bhiwani – Mahendragarh: Chaudhary Dharambir Singh
• Gurgaon: Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav
• Faridabad: Krishan Pal Gurjar

Himachal Pradesh:

• Hamirpur: Anurag Singh Thakur
• Shimla: Suresh Kumar Kashyap

Karnataka:

• Chikkodi: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle
• Bagalkote: PC Gaddigoudar
• Bijapur: Ramesh Jigajinagi
• Gulbarga: Umesh G Jadhav
• Bidar: Bhagwanth Khuba
• Koppal: Basavaraj Kyavator
• Bellary: B. Sriramulu
• Haveri: Basavaraj Bommai
• Dharwad: Pralhad Joshi
• Devanagere: Gayathri Siddeshwara
• Shimoga: B Y Raghavendra
• Udupi Chikmagalur: Kota Srinivas Poojary
• Dakshina Kannada: Brijesh Chowta
• Tumkur: V Somanna
• Mysore: Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
• Chamarajanagar: S Balaraj
• Bangalore Rural: CN Manjunath
• Bangalore North: Shobha Karandlaje
• Bangalore Central: PC Mohan
• Bangalore South: Tejasvi Surya

Madhya Pradesh:

• Balaghat: Bharti Pardhi
• Chhindwara: Vivek ‘Bunty’ Sahu
• Ujjain: Anil Firoziya
• Dhar: Savitri Thakur
• Indore: Shankar Lalwani

Maharashtra:

• Nandurbar: Heena Vijaykumar Gawit
• Dhule: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre
• Jalgaon: Smita Wagh
• Raver: Raksha Nikhil Khadase
• Akola: Anup Dhotre
• Wardha: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas
• Nagpur: Nitin Jairam Gadkari
• Chandrapur: Sudhir Mungantiwar
• Nanded: Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar
• Jalna: Raosaheb Dadarao Danve
• Dindori: Bharati Pravin Pawar
• Bhiwandi: Kapil Moreshwar Patil
• Mumbai North: Piyush Goyal
• Mumbai North East: Mihir Kotecha
• Pune: Murlidhar Kisan Mohol
• Ahmadnagar: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
• Beed: Pankaja Munda
• Latur: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare
• Madha: Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik-Nimbalkar
• Sangli: Sanjaykaka Patil

Telangana:

• Adilabad: Godam Nagesh
• Peddapalle: Gomasa Srinivas
• Medak: Madavaneni Raghunanda Rao
• Mahbubnagar: DK Aruna
• Nalgonda: Saida Reddy
• Mahabubabad: Azmeera Seetaram Naik

Tripura:

• Tripura East: Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma

Uttarakhand:

• Garhwal: Anil Baluni
• Haridwar: Trivendra Singh Rawat

Dadra & Nagar Haveli:

• Kalaben Delkar

This announcement follows the earlier release of the party’s first list, which comprised 195 candidates. The BJP’s candidates span across various states, showcasing the party’s extensive reach and preparedness for the upcoming elections.