The Congress on Saturday evening released its first list of 54 candidates for the February 8 Delhi Assembly elections, fielding former Union minister Krishna Tirath from Patel Nagar and former Delhi minister Arvinder Lovely from Gandhi Nagar.
Former AAP leader Alka Lamba, who switched over to the Congress, has been fielded from Chandni Chowk constituency, while election campaign committee chairman Kirti Azad's wife Poonam Azad will contest from Sangam Vihar.
Former Delhi minister Ashok Kumar Walia will contest from Krishna Nagar constituency, Haroon Yusuf from Ballimaran, Mateen Ahamad from Seelampur, the party announced.
The Congress has not decided its candidate against Delhi Chief Minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal from the New Delhi seat. The party has fielded Lakshman Rawat against Deputy CM Manish Sisodia from Patparganj.
Here’s the list of Congress's 54 candidates and their constituencies:
| Sr No. |
Constituencies |
Candidate Names |
| 1 |
Narela |
Siddarth Kundu |
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2
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Timarpur
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Mrs. Amar Lata Sangwan |
| 3 |
Adarsh Nagar |
Mukesh Goel |
| 4 |
Badli |
Devender Yadav |
| 5 |
Rithala |
Pradeep Kumar Pandey |
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6
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Bawana - SC |
Surender Kumar |
| 7 |
Mundka |
Dr. Naresh Kumar |
| 8 |
Sultanpur Majra - |
Jai Kishan |
| 9 |
Nangloi Jat |
Mandeep Singh |
| 10 |
Mangol Puri - SC |
Rajesh Lilotia |
| 11 |
Rohini |
Sumesh Gupta |
| 12 |
Shalimarbagh |
J.S. Nayol |
| 13 |
Shakur Basti |
Dev Raj Arora |
| 14 |
Tri Nagar |
Kamal Kant Sharma |
| 15 |
Wazirpur |
Hari Kishan Jindal |
| 16 |
Model Town |
Ms. Akansha Ola |
| 17 |
Sadar Bazar |
Satbir Sharma |
| 18 |
Chandni Chowk |
Mrs. Aka Lamba |
| 19 |
Matia Mahal |
Mirza Javed Ali |
| 20 |
Ballimaran |
Haroon Yusuf |
| 21 |
Karol Bagh - SC |
Gaurav Dhanak |
| 22 |
Patel Nagar - SC |
Smt. Krishna Tirath |
| 23 |
Moti Nagar |
Ramesh Kumar Popli |
| 24 |
Rajouri Garden |
Amandeep Singh Sudan |
| 25 |
Hari Nagar |
Surender Sethi |
| 26 |
Janakpuri |
Ms. Radhika Khera |
| 27 |
Dwarka |
Adarsh Shastri |
| 28 |
Matiala |
Sumesh Shokeen |
| 29 |
Najafgarh |
Sahib Singh Yadav |
| 30 |
Delhi Cantt |
Sandeep Tanwar |
| 31 |
Jangpura |
Talvinder Singh Marwah |
| 32 |
Kasturba Nagar |
Abhishek Dutt |
| 33 |
Malviya Nagar |
Mrs. Neetu Verma |
| 34 |
R.K. Puram |
Mrs. Priyanka Singh |
| 35 |
Chhatarpur |
Satish Lohia |
| 36 |
Deoli - SC |
Arvinder Singh |
| 37 |
Ambedkar Nagar - |
Yaduraj Chaudhary |
| 38 |
Sangam Vihar |
Smt. Poonam Azad |
| 39 |
Greater Kailash |
Sukhbir Singh Pawar |
| 40 |
Kalkaji |
Mrs. Shivani Chopra |
| 41 |
Tughlakabad |
Shubam Sharma |
| 42 |
Trilokpuri - SC |
Vijay Kumar |
| 43 |
Patparganj |
Laxman Rawat |
| 44 |
Laxmi Nagar |
Dr. Hari Dutt Sharma |
| 45 |
Vishwas Nagar |
Gurcharan Singh Raju |
| 46 |
Krishna Nagar |
Dr. Ashok Kr. Walia |
| 47 |
Gandhi Nagar |
Arvinder Singh Lovely |
| 48 |
Shandara |
Dr. Narender Nath |
| 49 |
Seemapuri - SC |
Veer Singh Dhingan |
| 50 |
Rohtas Nagar |
Vipin Sharma |
| 51 |
Seelampur |
Ch. Mateen Ahmed |
| 52 |
Babarpur |
Mrs. Anveeksha Tripathi Jain |
| 53 |
Gokalpur - SC |
Dr. S.P.Singh |
| 54 |
Mustafabad |
Ali Mehndi |
| 55 |
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