The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday, March 13, released a second list of 72 candidates with Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari, Pralhad Joshi and Anurag Thakur getting ticket to contest Lok Sabha elections.
Former chief ministers Basavaraj Bommai, Trivendra Singh Rawat and Manohar Lal Khattar are also named in the list. BJP chief spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member Anil Baluni has been fielded from Garhwal in Uttarakhand.
The BJP Central Election Committee has decided on the following names for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.(1/2) pic.twitter.com/5ByPC2xoW1
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 13, 2024
The BJP Central Election Committee has decided on the following names for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.(2/2) pic.twitter.com/UAUnTtrput
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 13, 2024
In Delhi, it has fielded two new candidates — Harsh Malhotra from East Delhi and Yogendra Chandolia from North West Delhi. In Karnataka, Union minister Pralhad Joshi will fight from Dharwad while former chief minister BS Yediyurappa's son BY Raghavendra will contest from Shimoga.
Tejasvi Surya, the BJP's youth wing chief, will seek re-election from Bengaluru South. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar of the erstwhile Mysore royal family replaces Pratap Simha as the BJP candidate in the Mysore seat.
Earlier this month, the BJP had announced its first list of more than 190 candidates for the Lok Sabha polls, due in April-May.
Here's the list of candidates:
| Names of Lok Sabha Constituency | States | Name of BJP Candidate |
| Dadar and Nagar Haveli | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | Kalaben Delkar |
| East Delhi | Delhi | Harsh Malhotra |
| North West Delhi | Delhi | Yogendra Chandolia |
| Sabarkantha | Gujarat | Bhikaji Dudhaji Thakor |
| Ahmedabad East | Gujarat | Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel |
| Bhavnagar | Gujarat | Nimuben Bambhania |
| Vadodara | Gujarat | Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt |
| Chhota Udaipur | Gujarat | Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa |
| Surat | Gujarat | Mukeshbhai CHandrkant Dalal |
| Valsad | Gujarat | Dhawal Patel |
| Ambala | Haryana | Banto Kataria |
| Sirsa | Haryana | Ashok Tanwar |
| Karnal | Haryana | Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Bhiwani-Mahendragarh | Haryana | Chaudhary Dharambir Singh |
| Gurgaon | Haryana | Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav |
| Faridabad | Haryana | Krishan Pal Gurjar |
| Harimpur | Himachal Pradesh | Anurag Singh Thakur |
| Shimla | Himachal Pradesh | Suresh Kumar Kashyap |
| Chikkodi | Karnataka | Annasaheb Shankar Jolle |
| Bagalkot | Karnataka | PC Gaddigoudar |
| Bijapur | Karnataka | Ramesh Jigajinagi |
| Gulbarga | Karnataka | Umesh G Jadhav |
| Bidar | Karnataka | Bhagwanth Khuba |
| Koppal | Karnataka | Basavraj Kyavator |
| Bellary | Karnataka | B Sriramulu |
| Haveri | Karnataka | Basavaraj Bommai |
| Dharwad | Karnataka | Pralhad Joshi |
| Davanagere | Karnataka | Gayathri Siddeshwara |
| Shimoga | Karnataka | BY Raghavendra |
| Udupi Chikmagalur | Karnataka | Kota Srinivas Poojary |
| Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka | Capt. Brijesh Chowta |
| Tumkur | Karnataka | V Somanna |
| Mysore | Karnataka | Yaduveer Krishnadatta Wadiyar |
| Chamarajanagar | Karnataka | S Balaraja |
| Bangalore Rural | Karnataka | CN Manjunath |
| Bangalore North | Karnataka | Kumari Shobha Karandlaje |
| Bangalore Central | Karnataka | PC Mohan |
| Bangalore South | Karnataka | Tejasvi Surya |
| Balaghat | Madhya Pradesh | Bharti Pardhi |
| Chhindwara | Madhya Pradesh | Vivek ‘Bunty’ Sahu |
| Ujjain | Madhya Pradesh | Amil Firoziya |
| Dhar | Madhya Pradesh | Savitri Thakur |
| Indore | Madhya Pradesh | Shankar Lalwani |
| Nandurbar | Maharashtra | Heena Vijaykumar Gavit |
| Dhule | Maharashtra | Subhash Ramrao Bhamre |
| Jalgaon | Maharashtra | Smita Wagh |
| Raver | Maharashtra | Raksha Nikhil Khadase |
| Akola | Maharashtra | Anup Dhotre |
| Wardha | Maharashtra | Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas |
| Nagpur | Maharashtra | Nitin Jairam Gadkari |
| Chandrapur | Maharashtra | Sudhir Mungantiwar |
| Nanded | Maharashtra | Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar |
| Jalna | Maharashtra | Raosaheb Dadarao Danve |
| Dindori | Maharashtra | Bharti Pravin Pawar |
| Bhiwandi | Maharashtra | Kapil Moreshwar Patil |
| Mumbai North | Maharashtra | Piyush Goyal |
| Mumbai North East | Maharashtra | Mihir Kotecha |
| Pune | Maharashtra | Murlidhar Kidan Mohol |
| Ahmadnagar | Maharashtra | Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil |
| Beed | Maharashtra | Pankaja Munde |
| Latur | Maharashtra | Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare |
| Madha | Maharashtra | Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik-Nimbalkar |
| Sangli | Maharashtra | Sanjaykaka Patil |
| Adilabad | Telangana | Godam Nagesh |
| Peddapalle | Telangana | Gomasa Srinavas |
| Medak | Telangana | Madavaneni Raghunandan Rao |
| Mahbubnagar | Telangana | DK Aruna |
| Nalgonda | Telangana | Saida Reddy |
| Mahabubabad | Telangana | Azmeera Seetaram Naik |
| Tripura East | Tripura | Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma |
| Garhwal | Uttarakhand | Anil Baluni |
| Hardwar | Uttarakhand | Trivendra Singh Rawat |
First Published: Mar 13, 2024 7:38 PM IST
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