BJP first list of 39 candidates released for MP assembly elections 2023 check full list

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Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released the first list of 39 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023, due to be held later this year.

The names of candidates have been released a day after BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting which took place in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, other key state leaders, and Union Ministers attended the meeting.

In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has fielded Sarla Vijendra Rawat from Sabalgarh, Priyanka Meena from Chachaoura, Lalita Yadav from Chhatarpur, Anchal Sonkar from Jabalpur Purba (SC), Nirmala Bhuriya from Petlawad, Bhanu Bhuriya from Jhabua (ST), Alok Sharma from Bhopal Uttar and Dhruv Narayan Singh from Bhopal Madhya, among others.

List of BJP candidates for Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023

Constituency and Candidate Name

Sabalagadh: Sarla Vijendra Rawat
Sumaoli: Adal Singh Kansana
Gohad: Lal Singh Arya
Pichhore: Preetam Lodhi
Chachoda: Priyanka Meena
Chanderi: Jagannath Singh Raghuvanshi
Banda: Veerendra Singh Lambardar
Maharajpur: Kamakhya Pratap Singh
Chhatarpur: Lalita Yadav
Pathariya: Lakhan Patel
Gunnour: Rajesh Kumar Verma
Chitrakoot: Surendra Singh Gaharwar
Pusprajgarh: Heerasingh Shyam
Badwara: Dhirendra Singh
Bargi: Neearj Thakur
Jabalpur East: Anchal Sonkar
Shahpura: Omprakash Dhurwey
Bichhiya: Dr Vijay Anand Marawi
Baihar: Bhagat Singh Netam
Lanji: Rajkumar Karrahe
Barghat: Kamal Marskole
Gotegaon: Mahendra Nagesh
Sausar: Nanabhau Mohod
Pandhurna: Prakash Uikey
Multai: Chandrashekhar Desmukh
Bhainsdehi: Mahendra Kesharsingh Chouhan
Bhopal Uttar: Alok Sharma
Bhopal Madhya: Dhruv Narayan Singh
Sonkatch: Rajesh Sonkar
Maheshwar: Rajkumar Mev
Kasrawad: Atmaram Patel
Alirajpur: Nagarsingh Chouhan
Jhabua: Bhanu Bhuriya
Petlawad: Nirmala Dilipsingh Bhuriya
Kukshi: Jaydeep Patel
Dharampuri: Kalusingh Thakur
Rau: Madhu Verma
Tarana: Tarachand Goyal
Ghatiya: Satish Malviya

The party's decision to announce the first list of candidates so early underlines the significance it has attached to five state elections, the last round of assembly contest before the all-important Lok Sabha polls.

Besides Chhattisgarh and MP, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram are scheduled to go to polls later this year.

The BJP is in power only in Madhya Pradesh and is running an intense campaign to oust the Congress government in Chhattisgarh.

The BJP in 2018 had won only 15 of the 90 seats in the Chhattisgarh assembly against 68 of the Congress while its tally of seats was 109 against 114 of the Congress in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh assembly.

Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra on BJP's list

"A decision is taken according to the current situation... a party worker has no category. Everyone is hardworking and dedicated and they will win in the upcoming elections..." said Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra after the party released its first list of candidates for MP and Chhattisgarh.

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