Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP released first list of 195 candidates
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 here in the national capital on March 2.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released the first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 here in the national capital on March 2. The first list of 195 candidates features high-profile names such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will again contest from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh and Union Home Minister Amit Shah who will contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat.
The list, which has names of 34 Union Ministers and Ministers of State, comes days before the dates of Lok Sabha Election 2024 – to be held in April-May – are announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow while Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani from Amethi. Of the 195 constituencies, 51 are from Uttar Pradesh, 20 from West Bengal and five from Delhi.
The list, that includes names of 28 women, 47 leaders under the age of 50 and 57 members from the OBC community, was read out by BJP National General Secretary, Vinod Tawde in presence of BJP National Vice President Jay Panda. Among other Union Ministers, Jyotiraditya Scindia has been contest from Guna, Arjun Meghwal will contest from Bikaner, Bhupendra Yadav from Alwar and Rajeev Chandrashekhar from Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram.
Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla will contest from Kota while former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Chouhan from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. In Jammu and Kashmir, the party has repeated Union Minister Jitendra Singh and present Member of Parliament Jugal Kishore from Udhampur and Jammu parliamentary seats, respectively.
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Actor-turned politician Hema Malini will again contest from her seat Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP has kept 370+ seats target for the party in the upcoming polls and 400+ for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). In 2019 too, the BJP had revealed names of 184 candidates on March 21, weeks before dates were announced. In 2019, the Lok Sabha polls were held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha.
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The result, declared on May 23, saw a landslide victory for the BJP under Prime Minister Narendra Modi with 303 seats in the 543-member House.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP’s national President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Organisation General Secretary BL Santosh, Chief Ministers, State Presidents, in-charges, co-in charges, and election in-charges of various states.
BJP Released complete 1st list:
29 फरवरी, 2024 को प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति और श्री @JPNadda की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति की बैठक में आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव हेतु 195 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए बीजेपी उम्मीदवार के नामों पर मंजूरी दी गई। (1/4) pic.twitter.com/Wv8yVYnegK
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 2, 2024
29 फरवरी, 2024 को प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति और श्री @JPNadda की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति की बैठक में आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव हेतु 195 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए बीजेपी उम्मीदवार के नामों पर मंजूरी दी गई। (3/4) pic.twitter.com/lEFwcG2PNg
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 2, 2024
29 फरवरी, 2024 को प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति और श्री @JPNadda की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति की बैठक में आगामी लोकसभा चुनाव हेतु 195 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए बीजेपी उम्मीदवार के नामों पर मंजूरी दी गई। (4/4) pic.twitter.com/EcvaQvcXnz
— BJP (@BJP4India) March 2, 2024
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