5 Most Educated Lok Sabha Candidates In 2024

1. Shashi Tharoor 

Shashi Tharoor, who is a Congress candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, completed his Bachelor in History from St Stephen's College in Delhi in 1975. He did his MA in International Relations from The Fletcher School Of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and also completed his PhD in the same subject in 1978. 

2. Dr Umesh G Jadhav

Dr Umesh G Jadhav is a BJP candidate from the Gulbarga Lok Sabha seat. He has an MBBS and MD degree in General Medicine from Gulbarga University. In 1991, he completed his Master of Surgery in General Surgery from Bangalore Medical College.

  3. Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal is contesting Lok Sabha polls from North Mumbai seat for BJP. He has a BCom degree from Mumbai University and holds a CA from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.  

4. Sarbananda Sonowal 

Sarbananda Sonowal is BJP's candidate from the Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat. He did a BA (Hons) in English from Dibrugarh Hanumanbax Surajmall Kanoi College and also has an LLB degree from Dibrugarh University and a BCJ from Guwahati University.

5. Mahua Moitra

Mahua Moitra has been fielded by the TMC from the Krishnanagar constituency. She completed her graduation in Mathematics and Economics from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, United States in 1998.