BJP’s First Candidate List For Lok Sabha Polls Out: PM Modi To Contest From Varanasi| Full List

The BJP has revealed its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to run from Varanasi, as confirmed by party general secretary Vinod Tawde. The list includes 34 ministers who will be contesting for seats in the parliamentary polls.

Smriti Irani is set to contest from Amethi. Additionally, Bansuri, the daughter of the late Sushma Swaraj, will be making her debut in electoral politics.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to contest in the upcoming elections from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Additionally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has been named as the candidate for the Porbandar seat.

Rajnath Singh is set to contest from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, while former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, will be vying for the Vidisha constituency.

34 ministers and 2 former chief ministers are part of the list. There are also 28 women, 47 leaders under 50 years old, and 57 members from the OBC community. Uttar Pradesh has the highest representation with 51 members, followed by West Bengal with 20, and Delhi with five.

Here is the full list of candidates and their Constituency:

1. Narendra Modi - Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

2. Bishnu Pada Ray - Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

3. Kiren Rijiju - Arunachal Pradesh West, Arunachal Pradesh

4. Tapir Gao - Arunachal Pradesh East, Arunachal Pradesh

5. Kripanath Mallah - Karimganj, Assam

6. Parimal Suklabaidya - Silchar, Assam

7. Amar Sing Tisso - Autonomous District, Assam

8. Bijuli Kalita Medhi - Gauhati, Assam

9. Dilip Saikia - Mangaldoi, Assam

10. Ranjit Dutta - Tezpur, Assam

11. Suresh Bora - Nowgong, Assam

12. Kamakhaya Prasad Tasa - Kaliabor, Assam

13. Topon Kumar Gogai - Jorhat, Assam

14. Sarbananda Sonowal - Dibrugarh, Assam

15. Pradhan Baruah - Lakhimpur, Assam

16. Chintamani Maharaj - Sarguja, Chhattisgarh

17. Manoj Tiwari - North East Delhi, Delhi

18. Bansuri Swaraj - New Delhi, Delhi

19. Kamaljeet Sehrawat - West Delhi, Delhi

20. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri - South Delhi, Delhi

21. Amit Shah - Gandhinagar, Gujarat

22. Parshottam Rupala - Rajkot, Gujarat

23. Mansukh Mandaviya - Porbandar, Gujarat

24. Shripad Naik - North Goa, Goa

25. Dr Jitendra Singh - Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir

26. Jugal Kishore Sharma - Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir

27. Krishna Kumar - Palakkad, Kerala

28. Suresh Gopi - Thrissur, Kerala

29. Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

30. Jyotiraditya Scindia - Guna, Madhya Pradesh

31. Shivraj Singh Chouhan - Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh

32. Gajendra Patel - Khargone, Madhya Pradesh

33. Faggan Singh Kulaste - Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

34. Alok Sharma - Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

35. Arjun Ram Meghwal - Bikaner, Rajasthan

36. Bhupendra Yadav - Alwar, Rajasthan

37. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Jodhpur, Rajasthan

38. Mahendra Malviya - Baswara, Rajasthan

39. Manna Lal Rawat - Udaipur, Rajasthan

40. C P Joshi - Chittorgarh, Rajasthan

41. Om Birla - Kota, Rajasthan

42. Bandi Sanjay Kumar - Karimnagar, Telangana

43. Arvind Dharmapuri - Nizamabad, Telangana

44. G Kishan Reddy - Secunderabad, Telangana

45. Ajay Tamta - Almora, Uttarakhand

46. Dr Mahesh Sharma - Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

47. Dr Bhola Singh - Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh

48. Smriti Irani - Amethi, Uttar Pradesh

49. Hema Malini - Mathura, Uttar Pradesh

50. Satyapal Singh Baghel - Agra, Uttar Pradesh

51. Raj Kumar Chahar - Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh

52. Rajveer Singh (Raju Bhaiya) - Etah, Uttar Pradesh

53. Sakshi Maharaj - Unnao, Uttar Pradesh

54. Rajnath Singh - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

55. Nisith Pramanik - Cooch Behar, West Bengal

56. Dr Anirban Ganguly - Jadavpur, West Bengal

57. Dr Ratim Chakraborty - Howrah, West Bengal

58. Locket Chatterjee - Hooghly, West Bengal