MP polls: BJP releases first list of 147 candidates

New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the first list of 147 candidates for upcoming assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.The list includes the names of three Lok Sabha members. The party has denied tickets to two ministers and 16 MLAs in its first list. The BJP Central Election Committee which met here today, declared the first list comprising of 147 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. The three MPs in the fray are - Yashodhara Raje Scindia, who will contest from her family's stronghold Shivpuri, Bhupendra Singh (Khurai) and K D Deshmukh ((Katangi). Former MP and octogenarian Arif Beg will contest the elections from Bhopal North while another former MP Jaibhan Singh Pavaia will fight the polls from Gwalior seat. Two ministers - Devi Singh Sayyam (Dhindori-ST) and Ram Dayal Ahirwal (Chandla-SC) have been denied tickets. Jai Singh Maravi and R D Prajapati will contest from these seats respectively.Rahul Singh, Uma Bharti's nephew, has been fielded from Khargapur constituency.Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will contest from Budhni, former CM and minister Babulal Gaur from Govindpura and minister Kailash Vijayvargiya from Ambedkarnagar-Mhow. Indore MP Sumitra Mahajan's son Mandaur has been denied a ticket. He was expected to contest from Rau but the ticket has been given to Jeetu Jerati, a sitting MLA. BJP has pitted Radheyshyam Dhakar against Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's son Jaivardhan Singh in the Raghogarh seat.In the list of 147 candidates, 18 are women, 19 from the Scheduled Caste and 30 from the Scheduled Tribe. The party has fielded one ST candidate from a general seat. BJP also declared candidates for 11 seats for the Mizoram Assembly elections. It will contest 25 seats in all in the state and support candidates on two other seats. Polling in both Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram will be held on November 25. The results for MP will be declared on December 8 and for Mizoram on December 9. Here goes the the list of 147 candidates announced by the BJP:Sl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates1. 2 Vijaypur Shri Sitaram Aadivashi2. 3 Sabalgarh Shri Maherban Singh Rawat, Ex-MLA3. 4 Joura Shri Subedar Singh Sikarvar4. 5 Sumawali Shri Satyapal Singh5. 6 Morena Shri Rushtam Singh, Ex-MLA6. 7 Dimani Shri Shivamangal Singh, MLA7. 11 Lahar Shri Rasal Singh, Ex-MLA8. 13 Gohad (SC) Shri Lalsingh Arya, Ex-MLA9. 15 Gwalior Shri Jaibhan Singh Pavaia, Ex-MP10. 18 Bhitarwar Shri Anoop Mishra, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates11. 20 Sewda Shri Pradeep Aggarwal12. 22 Datia Dr. Narottam Mishra, MLA13. 23 Karera (SC) Shri Om Prakash Khatik, Ex-MLA14. 24 Pohari Shri Prahlad Bharti, MLA15. 25 Shivpuri Smt. Yashodhara Raje, MP16. 27 Kolaras Shri Devendra Jain, MLA17. 29 Guna (SC) Shri Panna Lal Shakya18. 30 Chachoura Smt. Mamta Meena19. 31 Raghogarh Shri Radheyshyam Dhakar20. 32 Ashok Nagar (SC) Shri Gopilal Jatav, Ex-MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates21. 34 Mungaoli Shri Deshraj Singh, MLA22. 35 Bina (SC) Shri Mahesh Rai23. 36 Khurai Shri Bhupendra Singh, MP24. 37 Surkhi Smt. Parul Sahu25. 39 Rehli Shri Gopal Bhargav, MLA26. 41 Sagar Shri Shailendra Jain, MLA27. 43 Tikamgarh Shri K.K. Srivastava28. 44 Jatara (SC) Shri Harishankar Khatik, MLA29. 45 Prithvipur Smt. Anita Nayak30. 47 Khargapur Shri Rahul SinghSl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates31. 48 Maharajpur Kunwar Manvendra Singh, MLA32. 49 Chandla (SC) Shri R.D. Prajapati33. 50 Rajnagar Dr. Ramkrishna Kushmaria, MLA34. 54 Pathariya Shri Lakhan Patel35. 55 Damoh Shri Jayant Malaiya, MLA36. 58 Pawai Shri Brijendra Pratap Singh, MLA37. 60 Panna Sushree Kushum Mehdele, Ex-MLA38. 61 Chitrakoot Shri Surendra Gaharwar, MLA39. 62 Raigaon (SC) Shri Pushpraj Bagari40. 63 Satna Shri Shankarlal Tiwari, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates41. 64 Nagod Shri Gagnendra Pratap Singh42. 67 Rampur-Baghelan Shri Harsh Singh, Ex-MLA43. 68 Sirmour Shri Divyaraj Singh44. 70 Teonthar Shri Ramakant Tiwari, Ex-MLA45. 71 Mauganj Shri Laxman Tiwari, MLA46. 72 Deotalab Shri Girish Goutam, MLA47. 74 Rewa Shri Rajendra Shukla, MLA48. 75 Gurh Shri Nagendra Singh, MLA49. 76 Churhat Shr Sarvendu Tiwari50. 77 Sidhi Shri Kedarnath Shukla, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates51. 78 Sihawal Shri Vishwamitra Pathak, MLA52. 79 Chitrangi (ST) Shri Jagannath Singh, MLA53. 80 Singrauli Shri Ramlallu Vaishya, MLA54. 82 Dhauhani (ST) Shri Kunwar Singh Tekam, MLA55. 83 Beohari (ST) Shri Ram Prasad Singh Paraste56. 85 Jaitpur (ST) Shri Jaisingh Maravi, MLA57. 86 Kotma Shri Rajesh Soni58. 87 Anuppur (ST) Shri Ramlal Rotal, Ex-MLA59. 92 Vijayraghavgarh Smt. Padma Shukla60. 94 Bahoriband Shri Prabhat Pandey, Ex-MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates61. 95 Patan Shri Ajay Vishnoi, MLA62. 96 Bargi Smt. Pratibha Singh, MLA63. 97 Jabalpur Purba (SC) Shri Anchal Sonkar, Ex-MLA64. 98 Jabalpur Uttar Shri Sharad Jain, MLA65. 99 Jabalpur Cantt. Shri Ishwardas Rohani, MLA66. 103 Shahpura (ST) Shri Om Prakash Dhurve, Ex-MLA67. 104 Dindori (ST) Shri Jai Singh Maravi68. 105 Bichhiya (ST) Shri Pandit Singh Dhurve, Ex-MLA69. 106 Niwas (ST) Shri Rampyare Kulaste, MLA70. 107 Mandla (ST) Smt. Sampatia UikeSl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates71. 108 Baihar (ST) Shri Bhagat Singh Netam, Ex-MLA72. 109 Lanji Shri Ramesh Bhatere, MLA73. 110 Paraswada Shri Ramkishore Kanware, MLA74. 111 Balaghat Shri Gourishankar Bisen, MLA75. 112 Waraseoni Dr. Yogendra Nirmal76. 113 Katangi Shri K.D. Deshmukh, MP77. 114 Barghat (ST) Shri Kamal Maskule, MLA78. 115 Seoni Shri Naresh Diwakar, Ex-MLA79. 116 Keolari Dr. Dhal Singh Bisen, Ex-MLA80. 117 Lakhnadon (ST) Shri Shashi Thakur, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates81. 122 Junnardeo (ST) Shri Mathan Shah82. 125 Saunsar Shri Nanabhau Mohod, MLA83. 127 Parasia (SC) Shri Tarachand Bavariya, MLA84. 130 Amla (SC) Shri Chetram Manekar, MLA85. 132 Ghoradongri (ST) Shri Sajjan Singh Uike, Ex-MLA86. 133 Bhainsdehi (ST) Shri Mahenra Singh Chouhan, Ex-MLA87. 134 Timarni (ST) Shri Sanjay Shah, MLA88. 135 Harda Shri Kamal Patel, MLA89. 136 Seoni-Malwa Shri Sartaj Singh, MLA90. 137 Hoshangabad Dr. Sitasharan Sharma, Ex-MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates91. 138 Sohagpur Shri Vijay Pal Singh, MLA92. 139 Pipariya (SC) Shri Thakur Das Nagvanshi93. 141 Bhojpur Shri Surendra Patwa, MLA94. 142 Sanchi (SC) Dr. Gourishankar Shejwar, Ex-MLA95. 143 Silwani Shri Rampal Singh, Ex-MLA96. 145 Basoda Shri Hari Singh Raghuvanshi, MLA97. 146 Kurwai (SC) Shri Veer Singh Panwar98. 147 Sironj Shri Laxmikant Sharma, MLA99. 148 Shamshabad Shri Surya Prakash Meena, MLA100. 149 Berasia (SC) Shri Vishnu KhatriSl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates101. 150 Bhopal Uttar Shri Aarif Beg, Ex-MP102. 151 Narela Shri Vishwas Sarang, MLA103. 152 Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim Shri Umashankar Gupta, MLA104. 154 Govindpura Shri Babulal Gour, MLA105. 156 Budhni Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, CM106. 157 Ashta (SC) Shri Ranjeet Singh Gunwan, MLA107. 158 Ichhawar Shri Karan Singh Verma, MLA108. 159 Sehore Smt. Usha Saxena109. 160 Narsinghgarh Shri Mohan Sharma, MLA110. 162 Rajgarh Shri Amar Singh YadavSl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates111. 164 Sarangpur (SC) Shri Kunwar Kothar112. 170 Sonkatch (SC) Shri Rajendra Verma, MLA113. 171 Dewas Shri Tukojirao Panwar, MLA114. 172 Hatpipliya Shri Deepak Joshi, MLA115. 174 Bagali (ST) Shri Champalal Devda, MLA116. 175 Mandhata Shri Lokendra Singh Tomar, MLA117. 176 Harsud (ST) Shri Vijay Shah, MLA118. 177 Khandwa (SC) Shri Devendra Verma, MLA119. 179 Nepanagar (ST) Shri Rajendra Dadu, MLA120. 180 Burhanpur Smt. Archana Chitnish, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates121. 181 Bhikangaon (ST) Smt. Nanda Brahmane122. 183 Maheshwar (SC) Shri Rajkumar Mev, MLA123. 184 Kasrawad Shri Atmaram Patel, MLA124. 185 Khargone Shri Balkrishna Patidar, MLA125. 186 Bhagwanpura (ST) Shri Gajendra Patel126. 187 Sendhawa (ST) Shri Antar Singh Arya, MLA127. 189 Pansemal (ST) Shri Deewan Singh, Ex-MLA128. 190 Badwani (ST) Shri Prem Singh, MLA129. 191 Alirajpur (ST) Shri Nagar Singh, MLA130. 192 Jobat (ST) Shri Madhav Singh Dabar, Ex-MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates131. 194 Thandla (ST) Shri Gour Singh Vasuniya132. 195 Petlawad (ST) Smt. Nirmala Bhuriya, Ex-MLA133. 196 Sardarpur (ST) Shri Vel Singh Bhuriya134. 201 Dhar Smt. Neena Verma, MLA135. 203 Depalpur Shri Manoj Patel, Ex-MLA136. 204 Indore-1 Shri Sudarshan Gupta, MLA137. 205 Indore-2 Shri Ramesh Mendola, MLA138. 206 Indore-3 Sushree Usha Thakur, Ex-MLA139. 207 Indore-4 Smt. Malini Goud, MLA140. 208 Indore-5 Shri Mahendra Hardia, MLASl. Constituency No. & Name Name of the Candidates141. 209 Dr.Ambedkarnagar-Mhow Shri Kailash Vijayvargiya, MLA142. 210 Rau Shri Jeetu Jerati, MLA143. 219 Ratlam Rural (ST) Shri Mathura Lal Dabar144. 221 Sailana (ST) Smt. Sangeeta Charel145. 222 Jaora Shri Rajendra Pandey, Ex-MLA146. 225 Malhargarh (SC) Shri Jagdish Deoda, MLA147. 230 Jawad Shri Om Prakash Saklecha, MLA