Congress gives ticket to Priya Dutt, Raj Babbar among others.
The Congress party has announced the two lists of its candidates. The announcement has come just days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
LS elections 2019 will begin on April 11 and continue for over a month till May 19 across seven phases, followed by counting of votes on May 23, the Election Commission announced on Sunday, kick-starting a mega electoral battle where the BJP will pitch for a re-election of the Modi government amid the Opposition's efforts for a united fight to unseat it.
The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said.
(With inputs from PTI)
The first list of candidates selected by Congress Central Election Committee for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
| Sl. No. | State | No. & Name of Constituency | Selected Candidates | |
| 1. | Gujarat | 8 | Ahemdabad West- SC | Raju Parmar |
| 2. | Gujarat | 16 | Anand | Bharatsinh M. Solanki |
| 3. | Gujarat | 20 | Vadodara | Prashant Patel |
| 4. | Gujarat | 21 | Chhota Udaipur- ST | Ranjit Mohansinh Rathwa |
| 5. | Uttar Pradesh | 1 | Saharanpur | Imran Masood |
| 6. | Uttar Pradesh | 23 | Badaun | Saleem Iqbal Shervani |
| 7. | Uttar Pradesh | 29 | Dhaurahra | Jitin Prasad |
| 8. | Uttar Pradesh | 33 | Unnao | Smt. Annu Tandon |
| 9. | Uttar Pradesh | 36 | Rae Bareli | Smt. Sonia Gandhi |
| 10. | Uttar Pradesh | 37 | Amethi | Rahul Gandhi |
| 11. | Uttar Pradesh | 40 | Farrukhabad | Salman Khursheed |
| 12. | Uttar Pradesh | 44 | Akbarpur | Rajaram Pal |
| 13. | Uttar Pradesh | 45 | Jalaun- SC | Brij Lal Khabri |
| 14. | Uttar Pradesh | 54 | Faizabad | Nirmal Khatri |
| 15. | Uttar Pradesh | 65 | Kushi Nagar | R.P.N Singh |
The second list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha selected by Congress Central Election Committee.
| Sl. No. | State | No. & Name of Constituency | Selected Candidates | |
| 1. | Maharashtra | 10 | Nagpur | Nana Patole |
| 2. | Maharashtra | 12 | Gadchiroli- Chimur- ST | Dr. Namdev Dalluji Unsendi |
| 3. | Maharashtra | 29 | Mumbai North- Central | Smt. Priya Dutta |
| 4. | Maharashtra | 21 | Mumbai South | Milind Murli Deora |
| 5. | Maharashtra | 42 | Solapur- SC | Sushil Kumar S Shinde |
| 6. | Uttar Pradesh | 5 | Nagina- SC | Smt. Omwati Devi Jatav |
| 7. | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | Moradabad | Raj Babbar |
| 8. | Uttar Pradesh | 28 | Kheri | Zafar Ali Naqvi |
| 9. | Uttar Pradesh | 30 | Sitapur | Smt. Kaisar Jahan |
| 10. | Uttar Pradesh | 32 | Misrikh- SC | Ms. Manjari Rahi |
| 11. | Uttar Pradesh | 34 | Mohanlalganj- SC | Ramshankar Bhargava |
| 12. | Uttar Pradesh | 38 | Sultanpur | Dr. Sanjay Singh |
| 13. | Uttar Pradesh | 39 | Pratapgarh | Smt. Ratna Singh |
| 14. | Uttar Pradesh | 43 | Kanpur | Sriprakash Jaiswal |
| 15. | Uttar Pradesh | 49 | Fatehpur | Rakesh Sachan |
| 16. | Uttar Pradesh | 56 | Bahraich- SC | Smt. Savitri Phule |
| 17. | Uttar Pradesh | 62 | Sant Kabir Nagar | Parvez Khan |
| 18. | Uttar Pradesh | 67 | Bansgaon- SC | Kush Saurabh |
| 19. | Uttar Pradesh | 68 | Lalganj- SC | Pankaj Mohan Sonkar |
| 20. | Uttar Pradesh | 79 | Mirzapur | Lalitesh Pati Tripathi |
| 21. | Uttar Pradesh | 80 | Robertsganj- SC | Bhagwati Prasad Chowdhary |
