Congress' 3rd list of 56 candidates out, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to contest in Lok Sabha elections

The Indian National Congress, the main opposition party against the ruling BJP made public its third list of 56 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Thursday (Mar 21). It included prominent names including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Member of Parliament from West Bengal's Berhampore since 1999.

In the announcement, the Congress party has revealed its chosen candidates for various parliamentary seats across several states. These include two seats in Arunachal Pradesh, 17 in Karnataka, 11 in Gujarat, five in Rajasthan, seven in Maharashtra, eight in West Bengal, one in Puducherry, and five in Telangana.

Notable candidates featured in this list are Radhakrishna (son-in-law of party chief Mallikarjun Kharge), and Praniti Shinde (daughter of former Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde). Radhakrishna will be fighting the elections from Gulbarga constituency, and Praniti from Solapur. Congress has decided to leave the Sikar Lok Sabha constituency in northern state of Rajasthan for the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Earlier in the day, CPI(M) national secretary Amra Ram reportedly said that his name has been proposed by his party and the state Congress for the Sikar seat.

This announcement of the third list was made following a meeting of the Central Election Committee chaired by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

“The third list of names of Congress candidates on 57 Lok Sabha seats for the Lok Sabha elections, 2024 was released in the meeting of the 'Central Election Committee' held under the chairmanship of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge,” Congress said in a social media post.

Here's the complete list of candidates:

Arunachal Pradesh -

Arunachal East - Bosiram Siram

Arunachal West - Nabam Tuki

Gujarat -

Patan - Chandanji Thakor

Sabarkantha - Dr Tushar Chaudhary

Gandhinagar - Sonal Patel

Jamnagar - JP Marvia

Amreli - Jennyben Thummar

Anand - Amitbhai Chavda

Kheda - Kalusinh Dabhi

Panchmahal - Gulabsinh Chauhan

Dahod (ST) - Prabhaben Taviyad

Chhota Udaipur (ST) - Sukhrambhai Rathwa

Surat - Nilesh Kumbani

Karnataka -

Chikkodi - Priyanka Jarakiholi

Belgaum - Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar

Bagalkot - Samyukta S Patil

Gulbarga (SC) - Radhakrishna

Raichur (ST) - G Kumar Naik

Bidar - Sagar Khandre

Koppal - K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal

Dharwad - Vinod Asooti

Uttara Kannada - Dr Anjali Nimbalkar

Davanagere - Prabha Mallikarjun

Udupi Chikmagalur - Dr Jayaprakash Hegde

Dakshina Kannada - Padmaraj

Chitradurga (SC) - BN Chandrappa

Mysore - M Lakshman

Bangalore North - Prof MV Rajeev Gowda

Bangalore Central - Mansoor Ali Khan

Bangalore South - Sowmya Reddy

Maharashtra -

Nandurbar (ST) - Adv Gowaal K Padavi

Amravati (SC) - Balwant Basawant Wankhede

Nanded - Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan

Pune - Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar

Latur (SC) - Dr Shivajirao Kalge

Solapur (SC) - Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde

Kolhapur - Shahu Shahaji Chatrapati

Rajasthan -

Ganganagar (SC) - Kuldeep Indora

Sikar: Left for CPI-M

Jaipur - Sunil Sharma

Pali - Sangeeta Beniwal

Barmer - Umeda Ram Beniwal

Jhalawar-Baran - Urmila Jain Bhaya

Telangana -

Peddapalle (SC) - Gaddam Vamsi Krishna

Malkajgiri - Sunitha Mahender Reddy

Secunderabad - Danam Nagender

Chevella - Dr Gaddam Rajith Reddy

Nagarkurnool (SC) - Dr Mallu Ravi

West Bengal -

Raiganj - Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)

Maldaha Uttar - Mostaque Alam

Maldaha Dakshin - Isha Khan Chowdhary

Jangipur - Md Murtoja Hossain (Bokul)

Baharampur - Adhir Ranjan Choudhary

Kolkata Uttar - Pradip Bhattacharya

Purulia - Nepal Mahato

Birbhum - Milton Rashid

Puducherry -

Puducherry - Ve Vaithilingam

(With inputs from agencies)