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Full first list of Congress' 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections

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Masaba Naqvi
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Pawan Khera, K C Venugopal and Ajay Maken announce the first list of Congress candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha elections at AICC headquarters

Pawan Khera, K C Venugopal and Ajay Maken announce the first list of Congress candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha elections at AICC headquarters

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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