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Rahul Gandhi, the head of the Congress, has been nominated for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Kerala seat of Wayanad. On Friday, the party unveiled its initial roster of 39 contenders for the elections.
The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the party met the day before, and on Friday, Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal unveiled the initial slate of candidates.
The party's candidates from Uttar Pradesh were not on the first list, and it is unclear if Rahul Gandhi will run from his home state of Amethi as well.
Before Smriti Irani of the BJP defeated him in 2019, he had made three victories in Amethi before entering politics in 2004. Gandhi, however, was able to win Wayanad's seat in the Lok Sabha.
Here's Congress's full list of candidates :
Candidate | Constituency | State |
Bhupesh Baghel | Rajnandgaon | Chhattisgarh |
Shivkumar Dahariya | Jangir-Champa | Chhattisgarh |
Jyotsana Mahant | Korba | Chhattisgarh |
Rajendra Sahu | Durg | Chhattisgarh |
Vikas Upadhyay | Raipur | Chhattisgarh |
Tamradhwaj Sahu | Mahasumund | Chhattisgarh |
H R Algur (Raju) | Bijapur | Karnataka |
Geetha Shivarajkumar | Shimoga | Karnataka |
D K Suresh | Bengaluru Rural | Karnataka |
Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Math | Haveri | Karnataka |
M Shreyas Patel | Hassan | Karnataka |
S P Muddahanumegowda | Tumkur | Karnataka |
Venkataramegowda (Star Chandru) | Mandya | Karnataka |
Rajmohan Unnithan | Kasaragod | Kerala |
Rahul Gandhi | Wayanad | Kerala |
KC Venugopal | Alappuzha | Kerala |
K Sudhakaran | Kannur | Kerala |
Shashi Tharoor | Thiruvananthapuram | Kerala |
K Muraleedharan | Thrissur | Kerala |
Shafi Parambil | Vadakara | Kerala |
M K Raghavan | Kozhikode | Kerala |
V K Sreekandan | Palakkad | Kerala |
Ramya Haridas | Alathur | Kerala |
Benny Behanan | Chalakudy | Kerala |
Hibi Eden | Ernakulam | Kerala |
Dean Kuriakose | Idukki | Kerala |
Kodikunnil Suresh | Mavelikkara | Kerala |
Anto Antony | Pathanamthitta | Kerala |
Adoor Prakash | Attingal | Kerala |
Mohd Hamdullaha Sayeed | Lakshadweep | Lakshadweep |
Vincent H Pala | Shillong | Meghalaya |
Saleng A Sangma | Tura | Meghalaya |
S Supongmeren Jamir | Nagaland | Nagaland |
Gopal Chettri | Sikkim | Sikkim |
Suresh Kumar Shetkar | Zahirabad | Telangana |
Raghuveer Kunduru | Nalgonda | Telangana |
Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy | Mahbubnagar | Telangana |
Balram Naik Porika | Mahabubabad | Telangana |
Ashish Kumar Saha | Tripura West | Tripura |