Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress have so far released two lists of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. BJP released the list of candidates for 267 Lok Sabha seats, while Congress released the names of 82 candidates. General elections will be held for a total of 543 Lok Sabha seats.
In the first list released on March 2, BJP had announced the names of 195 candidates. It included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani. In its second list, the party announced the names of 72 candidates, including former Haryana chief minister ML Khattar and Union ministers Anurag Thakur and Piyush Goyal.
Meanwhile, the Congress released its first list of 39 candidates on March 8, which included the names of Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, DK Suresh and Shashi Tharoor. The names of Gaurav Gogoi, Nakul Nath and Vaibhav Gehlot were in the party’s second list released on March 12.
With the announcement of the candidates, the picture is becoming clear on those seats where there will be a direct contest between BJP and Congress. Both the political parties have released the names of some prominent leaders and stalwarts.
After BJP and Congress released two lists of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, it is now clear that Union Minister Rajiv Chandrashekhar will fight against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, Health Minister Mansukhbhai Mandaviya will fight against Congress’s Lalitbhai Vasoya and DK Suresh. Will contest elections against BJP candidate. Manjunath in Bengaluru Rural.
Here’s a look at the key contests between top leaders of BJP and Congress to watch out for in the times to come Lok Sabha Elections.
| Constituency names | BJP candidate | congress candidate |
| Thiruvananthapuram | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Shashi Tharoor |
| Bikaner – SC | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Govind Ram Meghwal |
| chittorgarh | CP Joshi | Udaylal Ajana |
| Jorhat | Topon Kumar Gogoi | Gaurav Gogoi |
| Porbandar | Mansukhbhai Mandaviya | Lalitbhai Vasoya |
| jodhpur | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Karan Singh Uchiarada |
| JALORE | Lumbaram Chaudhary | Vaibhav Gehlot |
| Alwar | Bhupendra Yadav | Lalit Yadav |
| Rajnandgaon | Santosh Pandey | Bhupesh Baghel |
| Durga | Vijay Baghel | Rajendra Sahu |
| Thrissur | Suresh Gopi | K Muraleedharan |
| Alappuzha | Shobha Surendran | KC Venugopal |
| Pathanamthitta | Anil K Antony | anto antony |
| Tripura West | Biplab Kumar Deb | Ashish Kumar Saha |
| East Ahmedabad | Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel | Rohan Gupta |
| Breakdown | Basavaraj Bommai | Anandaswami Gaddadevara Math |
| shimoga | by Raghavendra | |
| Bengaluru Rural | CN Manjunath | DK Suresh |
| Chhindwara | Vivek ‘Bunty’ Sahu | Nakul Nath |
| edge | Savitri Thakur | |
| He’s gone | Saida Reddy | |
| Mahabubabad | Rise of Azmira Sitaram | |
| Garhwal | Anil Baluni | Ganesh Godiyal |
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Published: March 13, 2024, 10:50 PM IST
