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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
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 |