BJP Releases List Of 32 Candidates For October 21 Assembly Bypolls

The list includes 4 candidates from Assam, five from Kerala, ten from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Punjab and one from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana each.

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BJP Releases List Of 32 Candidates For October 21 Assembly Bypolls

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released the first list of 32 candidates for the upcoming October 21 bypolls to several Assembly Constituencies of different states across the country. The list includes 4 candidates from Assam, five from Kerala, ten from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Punjab and one from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana each.

"Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) releases list of 32 candidates for by-elections to the Legislative Assembly Constituencies of different states," the news agency ANI reported along with the list of 36 candidates released by the Saffron fold.

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Here is the list of candidates with their respective constituencies:

StateAssembly ConstituencyName Of Candidates
AssamRatabariBijay Malakar
AssamJaniaTowfiqur Rahman
AssamRangaparaRajen Borthakur
AssamSonariNabanita Handique
BiharKishanganjSwiti Singh
ChhattisgarhChitrakot (ST)Lachuram Kashyap
Himachal PradeshDharamshalaVishal Nehriya
Himachal PradeshPachhad (SC)Reena Kashyap
KeralaManjeshwarRaveesh Thantri Kuntar
KeralaErnakulamCG Rajagopal
KeralaAroorKP Prakash Babu,
KeralaKonniK Surendran
KeralaVattiyoorkavuS Suresh
Madhya PradeshJhabua (ST)Bhanu Bhuriya
MeghalayaShella (ST)Joshua Worjri
OdishaBijepurSanat Gadtia
PunjabPhagwara(SC)Rajesh Bagga
PunjabMukerianJangai Lal Mahajan
RajasthanMandawa Sushila Seegda
SikkimMartam-RumtekSonam Tshering Venchunga
SikkimGangtok Sikkim Yong Tshering Lepcha
TelanganaHuzurnagar Kota Rama Rao
Uttar PradeshGangoh Kirat Singh
Uttar PradeshRampur Bharat Bhushan Gupta
Uttar PradeshIglas Rajkumar Sahyogi
Uttar PradeshLucknow CanttSuresh Tiwari
Uttar PradeshGovindnagar Surendra Maithani
Uttar PradeshManikpur Anand Shukla
Uttar PradeshZaidpur Ambarish Rawat
Uttar PradeshJalalpur Rajesh Singh
Uttar PradeshBalhaSaroj Sonkar
Uttar PradeshGhosi Vijay Rajbhar

States where assembly bypolls will be held include Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Puducherry (one seat each). The other states are Uttar Pradesh (11) Assam (4), Bihar (5), Gujarat (4), Himachal Pradesh (2), Kerala (5), Punjab (4), Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu (two each) and Sikkim (3).

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The October 21 bypoll will be held at 51 assembly seats across 17 states and Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. The counting of votes for all the states will be taken up on October 24.

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