Lok Sabha Election 2024: Rahul Gandhi, Bhupesh Baghel — See Full List Of Congress Candidates
The Congress has repeated Rahul Gandhi from Waynad, from where he registered victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Lok Sabha Elections: The Congress on Tuesday released another list of candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections naming Raj Babbar from Gurgaon and Anand Sharma from Kangra in Himachal Pradesh. On Thursday, the grand old party released its latest list of eight candidates from Haryana for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The grand old party fielded Deepender Singh Hooda from Rohtak, Kumari Selja from Sirsa, and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
The Congress released two lists of candidates on Wednesday. In one of the lists, the grand old party announced the names of contestants from Khammam, Hyderabad, and Karimnagar Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. In the second list, the Congress named its candidates for the Andhra Pradesh Lok Saba elections and Assembly elections.
On Monday, the Congress announced a list of 7 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections from Bihar and Punjab. In Bihar, Congress has named Madan Mohan Tiwari from Paschim Champaran, Ajay Nishad from Muzaffarpur, Akash Prasad Singh from Maharajganj, Sunny Hazari from Samastipur and Manoj Kumar from Sasaram.
Earlier, the Congress on Saturday released another list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party fielded Vikramaditya Singh from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi. He was fielded against BJP candidate and Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut. Manish Tewari was given a ticket from Chandigarh. Tewari will contest against BJP's Sanjay Tandon who replaced sitting MP Kirron Kher.
In one of its previous lists, the grand old party announced candidates for two seats in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha elections. The grand old party announced Dr Shobha Dinesh Bachhav from Dhule and Dr Kalyan Kale from Jalna seat. The party has, so far, announced candidates for 15 out of 17 Lok Sabha constituencies it would be contesting in the state as part of the seat-sharing arrangement with its allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar).
In its 11th list, the grand old party had nominated Y S Sharmila Reddy, the state unit chief, to contest the Kadapa seat in Andhra Pradesh. In its previous lists of candidates the grand old party had announced names of key leaders. Among the prominent names were Adhir Ranjan Choudhary from Bahrampur (West Bengal), Ve Vaithilingam from Puducherry, Sonal Patel, and Nepal Mahato.
The first list was released on March 8 comprised 39 names, including Bhupesh Bhaghel, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Shashi Tharoor and DK Suresh. The party revealed its second list on March 12 comrising names of 43 candidates.
The list featured prominent names such as Nakul Nath from Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara and Vaibhav Gehlot from Rajasthan's Jalore. Among the notable candidates, Gaurav Gogoi, the deputy leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha, has been nominated to contest from Assam's Jorhat, while sitting MP Pradyut Bordoloi will represent Nagaon.
The Congress has repeated Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, from where he registered victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Out of the 39 names on the list, 24 candidates are from SC-ST, OBC, and minority communities.
Complete List Of Congress Candidates For Lok Sabha Elections 2024
Chhattisgarh
S. No | Candidate | Constituency |
1 | Bhupesh Baghel | Rajnandgaon |
2 | Shivkumar Dahariya | Jangir-Champa |
3 | Jyotsana Mahant | Korba |
4 | Rajendra Sahu | Durg |
5 | Vikas Upadhyay | Raipur |
6 | Tamradhwaj Sahu | Mahasumund |
7 | BASTAR (ST) | Kawasi Lakhma |
8 | SURGUJA - ST | ShashiSingh |
9 | RAIGARH ·ST | Menka Devi Singh |
10 | BILASPUR | Devender Singh Yadav |
11 | KANKER - ST | Blresh Thakur |
Karnataka
1 | H R Algur (Raju) | Bijapur |
2 | Geetha Shivarajkumar | Shimoga |
3 | D K Suresh | Bengaluru Rural |
4 | Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Math | Haveri |
5 | M Shreyas Patel | Hassan |
6 | S P Muddahanumegowda | Tumkur |
7 | Venkataramegowda (Star Chandru) | Mandya |
8 | Kum. Priyanka Jarakiholi | CHIKKODI |
9 | Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar | BELGAUM |
10 | Ms. Samyukta S Patil | BAGALKOT |
11 | Radhakrishna | GULBARGA - SC |
12 | G. Kumar Naik | RAICHUR - ST |
13 | Sagar Khandre | BIDAR |
14 | K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hitnal | KOPPAL |
15 | Vinod Asooti | DHARWAD |
16 | Dr. Anjali Nimbalkar | UTTARA KANNADA |
17 | Smt. Prabha Mallikarjun | DAVANAGERE |
18 | Dr. Jayaprakash Hegde | UDUPI CHIKMAGALUR |
19 | Padmaraj | DAKSHINA KANNADA |
20 | B.N. Chandrappa | CHITRADURGA - SC |
21 | M. Lakshman | MYSORE |
22 | Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda | BANGALORE NORTH |
23 | Mansoor Ali Khan | BANGALORE CENTRAL |
24 | Sowmya Reddy | BANGALORE SOUTH |
25 | E. Thukaram | BELLARY - ST |
26 | Sunil Bose | CHAMARAJANAGAR - SC |
27 | Raksha Ramaiah | CHIKKBALLAPUR |
28 | K.V. Gowtham | KOLAR - SC |
Kerala
1 | Rajmohan Unnithan | Kasaragod |
2 | Rahul Gandhi | Wayanad |
3 | K Sudhakaran | Kannur |
4 | Shashi Tharoor | Thiruvananthapuram |
5 | K Muraleedharan | Thrissur |
6 | Shafi Parambil | Vadakara |
7 | M K Raghavan | Kozhikode |
8 | V K Sreekandan | Palakkad |
9 | K C Venugopal | Alappuzha |
10 | Ramya Haridas | Alathur |
11 | Benny Behanan | Chalakudy |
12 | Hibi Eden | Ernakulam |
13 | Dean Kuriakose | Idukki |
14 | Kodikunnil Suresh | Mavelikkara |
15 | Anto Antony | Pathanamthitta |
16 | Adoor Prakash | Attingal |
Lakshadweep
1 | Mohd Hamdullaha Sayeed | Lakshadweep |
Meghalaya
1 | Vincent H Pala | Shillong |
2 | Saleng A Sangma | Tura |
Nagaland
1 | S Supongmeren Jamir | Nagaland | Nagaland |
Sikkim
1 | Gopal Chettri | Sikkim |
Telangana
1 | Suresh Kumar Shetkar | Zahirabad |
2 | Raghuveer Kunduru | Nalgonda |
3 | Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy | Mahbubnagar |
4 | Balram Naik Porika | Mahabubabad |
5 | PEDDAPALLE - SC | Gaddam Vamsi Krishna |
6 | MALKAJGIRI | Smt. Sunitha Mahender Reddy |
7 | SECUNDERABAD | Danam Nagender |
8 | CHEVELLA | Dr. Gaddam Rajith Reddy |
9 | NAGARKURNOOL - SC | Dr. Mallu Ravi |
10 | ADILABAD - ST | Dr. Suguna Kumari Chelimala |
11 | NIZAMABAD | Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy |
12 | MEDAK | Neelam Madhu |
13 | BHONGIR | Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy |
14 | Warangal | Kadiyam Kavya |
15 | Karimnagar | Velichala Rajender Rao |
16 | Hyderabad | Mohammed Waliuullah Sameer |
17 | Khammam | Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy |
Tripura
1 | Ashish Kumar Saha | Tripura West |
Assam
1 | KOKRAJHAR - ST | Garjan Mashhary |
2 | DHUBRI | Rakibul Hussain |
3 | BARPETA | Deep Bayan |
4 | DARRANG - UDALGURI | Madhab Rajbanshi |
5 | GUWAHATI | Smt. Mira Barthakur Goswami |
6 | DIPHU - ST | Joyram Engleng |
7 | KARIMGANJ | Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury |
8 | SILCHAR - SC | Surjya Kanta Sarkar |
9 | NAGAON | Pradyut Bordoloi |
10 | KAZIRANGA | Smt. Roselina Tirkey |
11 | SONITPUR | Prem Lal Ganju |
12 | JORHAT | Gaurav Gogoi |
13 | LAKHIMPUR | Uday Shankar Hazarika |
Gujarat
1 | KACHCHH - SC | Nitishbhai Lalan |
2 | BANASKANTHA | Ms. Geniben Thakor |
3 | AHMEDABAD EAST | Himmatsinh Patel |
4 | AHMEDABAD WEST - SC | Bharat Makwana |
5 | PORBANDAR | Lalitbhai Vasoya |
6 | BARDOLI - ST | Siddharth Chaudhary |
7 | VALSAD - ST | Anantbhai Patel |
8 | PATAN | Chandanji Thakor |
9 | SABARKANTHA | Dr. Tushar Chaudhary |
10 | GANDHINAGAR | Ms. Sonal Patel |
11 | JAMNAGAR | J.P. Marvia |
12 | AMRELI | Ms Jennyben Thummar |
13 | ANAND | Amitbhai Chavda |
14 | KHEDA | Kalusinh Dabhi |
15 | PANCHMAHAL | Gulabsinh Chauhan |
16 | DAHOD - ST | Ms Prabhaben Taviyad |
17 | CHHOTA UDAIPUR - ST | Sukhrambhai Rathwa |
18 | SURAT | Nilesh Kumbani |
19 | Surendranagar | Rutvikbhai Makwana |
20 | Junagadh | Hirabhai Jotva |
21 | Vadodara | Jashpalsinh Padhiyar |
22 | Mahesana | Ramji Thakor (Palvi) |
23 | Ahmedabad East | Himmatsinh Patel |
24 | Rajkot | Pareshbhai Dhanani |
25 | Navasari | Naishadh Desai |
Madhya Pradesh
1 | BHIND - SC | Phool Singh Baraiya |
2 | TIKAMGARH - SC | Pankaj Ahirwar |
3 | SATNA | Siddharth Kushwaha |
4 | SIDHI | Kamleshwar Patel |
5 | MANDLA - ST | Omkar Singh Markam |
6 | CHHINDWARA | Nakul Nath |
7 | DEWAS - SC | Rajendra Malviya |
8 | DHAR - ST | Radheshyam Muvel |
9 | KHARGONE - ST | Porlal Kharte |
10 | BETUL - ST | Ramu Tekam |
11 | SAGAR | Guddu Raja Bundela |
12 | REWA | Nilam Mishra |
13 | SHAHDOL (ST) | Phundelal Singh Marko |
14 | JABALPUR | Dinesh Yadav |
15 | BALAGHAT | Samrat Saraswat |
16 | HOSHANGABAD | Sanjay Sharma |
17 | BHOPAL | Arun Shrivastav |
18 | RAJGARH | Digvijaya Singh |
19 | UJJAIN (SC) | Mahesh Parmar |
20 | MANDSAUR | Dilip Singh Gurjar |
21 | RATLAM (ST) | Kantilal Bhuria |
22 | GUNA |
Rao Yadvendra Singh |
23 | DAMOH |
Tarvar Singh Lodhi |
24 | VIDISHA |
Pratap Bhanu Sharma |
Rajasthan
1 | BIKANER - SC | Govind Ram Meghwal |
2 | CHURU | Rahul Kaswan |
3 | JHUNJHUNU | Brijendra Ola |
4 | ALWAR | Lalit Yadav |
5 | BHARATPUR - SC | Ms. Sanjana Jatav |
6 | TONK - SAWAI MADHOPUR | Harish Chandra Meena |
7 | JODHPUR | Karan Singh Uchiyarda |
8 | JALORE | Vaibhav Gehlot |
9 | UDAIPUR - ST | Tarachand Meena |
10 | CHITTORGARH | Udaylal Ajana |
11 | GANGANAGAR - SC | Kuldeep Indora |
12 | SIKAR | Left for CPI-M |
13 | JAIPUR | Sunil Sharma |
14 | PALI | Ms. Sangeeta Beniwal |
15 | BARMER | Umeda Ram Beniwal |
16 | JHALAWAR-BARAN | Smt. Urmila Jain Bhaya |
17 | KARAULI - DHOLPUR ·SC | Bhajan Lal Jatav |
18 | NAGAUR | Left for RLP |
19 | Jaipur |
Pratap Singh Khachariyavas
|
20 | Dausa - ST | Murari Lal Meena |
21 | Ajmer | |
22 | Rajsamand | Sudarshan Rawat |
23 | Bhilwara | Damodar Gurjar |
24 | Kota | Prahlad Gunjal |
25 | RAJSAMAND | Damodar Gurjar |
26 | BHILWARA | C.P. Joshi |
Uttarakhand
1 | TEHRI GARHWAL | Jot Singh Guntsola |
2 | GARHWAL | Ganesh Godiyal |
3 | ALMORA - SC | Pradeep Tamta |
4 | NAINITAL UDHAMSINGH NAGAR |
Prakash Joshi |
5 | HARIDWAR | Virender Rawat |
Daman & Diu
1 | DAMAN & DIU | Ketan Dahyabhai Patel |
Arunachal Pradesh
1 | ARUNACHAL WEST | Nabam Tuki |
Maharashtra
1 | NANDURBAR - ST | Adv. Gowaal K Padavi |
2 | AMRAVATI - SC | Balwant Basawant Wankhede |
3 | NANDED | Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan |
4 | LATUR - SC | Dr. Shivajirao Kalge |
5 | SOLAPUR - SC | Kum. Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde |
6 | KOLHAPUR | Shahu Shahaji Chatrapati |
7 | NANDURBAR - ST | Adv. Gowaal K Padavi |
8 | AMRAVATI - SC | Balwant Basawant Wankhede |
9 | NANDED | Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan |
10 | PUNE | Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar |
11 | LATUR - SC | Dr. Shivajirao Kalge |
12 | SOLAPUR - SC | Kum. Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde |
13 | KOLHAPUR | Shahu Shahaji Chatrapati |
14 | RAMTEK (SC) | Rashmi Shyamkumar Barve |
15 | NAGPUR | Vikas Thakare |
16 | BHANDARA GONDIYA | Prashant Yadavrao Padole |
17 | GADCHIROLI-CHIMUR (ST) | Namdev Dasaram Kirsan |
18 | Chandrapur |
Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar
|
19 | Akola |
Abhay Kashinath Patil
|
20 | Dhule |
Shobha Dinesh Bachhav
|
21 | Jalna |
Kalyan Kale
|
22 | Mumbai North-Central |
Varsha Gaikwad
|
23 | Mumbai North |
Bhushan Patil
|
West Bengal
1 | RAIGANJ | Ali Imran Ramz (Victor) |
2 | MALDAHA UTTAR | Mostaque Alam |
3 | MALDAHA DAKSHIN | Isha Khan Chowdhary |
4 | JANGIPUR | Md. Murtoja Hossain (Bokul) |
5 | BAHARAMPUR | Adhir Ranjan Choudhary |
6 | KOLKATA UTTAR | Pradip Bhattacharya |
7 | PURULIA | Nepal Mahato |
8 | BIRBHUM | Milton Rashid |
9 | COOCH BEHAR (SC) |
Priya Roy Chowdhury
|
10 | DARJEELING |
Dr. Munish Tamang
|
11 | BANGAON - SC |
Pradip Biswas
|
12 | ULUBERIA |
Azahar Mollick
|
13 | KANTHI |
Urbashi Bhattacharya
|
14 | GHATAL |
Papiya Chakraborty
|
Puducherry
1 | PUDUCHERRY | Ve. Vaithilingam |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands
1 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Kuldeep Rai Sharma |
Jammu And Kashmir
1 | UDHAMPUR | Ch. Lal Singh |
2 | JAMMU | Raman Bhalla |
Manipur
1 | INNER MANIPUR | Angomcha Bimol Akoijam |
2 | OUTER MANIPUR (ST) | Alfred Kanngam S.Arthur |
Mizoram
1 | MIZORAM (ST) | Lalbiakzama |
Tamil Nadu
1 | TIRUVALLUR (SC) | Sasikanth Senthil |
2 | KRISHNAGIRI | K.Gopinath |
3 | KARUR | S. Jothimani |
4 | CUDDALORE | M.K. Vishnu Prasad |
5 | SIVAGANGA | A. Karti P Chidambaram |
6 | VIRUDHUNAGAR | B. Manickam Tagore |
7 | KANNIYAKUMARI | Vijay Vasanth |
8 | TIRUNELVELI | C. Robert Bruce |
9 | MAYILADUTHURAI | R. Sudha |
Uttar Pradesh
1 | SAHARANPUR | Imran Masood |
2 | AMROHA | Danish Ali |
3 | FATEHPUR SIKRI | Ram Nath Sikarwar |
4 | KANPUR | Alok Mishra |
5 | JHANSI | Pradeep Jain Aditya |
6 | BARABANKI (SC) | Tanuj Punia |
7 | DEORIA | Akhilesh Pratap Singh |
8 | BANSGAON (SC) | Sadan Prasad |
9 | VARANASI | Ajay Rai |
10 | GHAZIABAD | Smt. Dolly Sharma |
11 | BULANDSHAHR - SC | Shivram Valmiki |
12 | SITAPUR | Nakul Dubey |
13 | MAHARAJGA NJ | Virendra Chaudhary |
14 | ALLAHABAD | Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh |
Jharkhand
1 | KHUNTl - ST | Kalicharan Munda |
2 | LOHARDAGA - ST | Sukhdeo Bhagat |
3 | HAZARIBAGH | Jai Prakashbhai Patel |
4 | Godda | Pradeep Yadav |
5 | Chatra | Krishna Nand Tripathi |
6 | Dhanbad | Anupama Singh |
7 | Ranchi | Yashashwini Sahay |
Bihar
1 | KISHANGANJ | Mohammad Jawed |
2 | Katihar | Tariq Anwar |
3 | Bhagalpur | Ajeet Sharma |
4 | PASCHIM CHAMPARAN | Madan Mohan Tiwari |
5 | MUZAFFARPUR | Ajay Nishad |
6 | MAHARAJGANJ | Akash Prasad Singh |
7 | SAMASTIPUR - SC | Sunny Hazari |
8 | SASARAM - SC | Manoj Kumar |
Odisha
1 | BARGARH - ST | Sanjay Bhoi |
2 | SUNDARGARH - ST | Janardan Dehury |
3 | BOLANGIR | Manoj Mishra |
4 | KALAHANDI | Smt. Draupadi Majhi |
5 | NABARANGPUR - ST | Bhujabal Majhi |
6 | KANDHAMAL | Amir Chand Nayak |
7 | BERHAMPUR | Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik |
8 | KORAPUT - ST | Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka |
9 | KEONJHAR - ST | Binod Bihari Nayak |
10 | BALASORE | Srikant Kumar Jena |
11 | BHADRAK - SC | Anant Prasad Sethi |
12 | JAJPUR - SC | Anchal Das |
13 | DHENKANAL | Smt. Sashmita Behera |
14 | KENDRAPARA | Sidharth Swarup Das |
15 | JAGATSINGHPUR - SC | Rabindra Kumar Sethy |
16 | PURI | Smt. Sucharita Mohanty |
17 | BHUBANESWAR | Yasir Nawaz |
18 | SAMBALPUR | Nagendra Pradhan |
19 | ASKA | Debokanta Sharma |
20 | CUTTACK | Suresh Mohapatra |
Andhra Pradesh
1 | KAKINADA | M.M. Pallam Raju |
2 | RAJAHMUNDRY | Gidugu Rudra Raju |
3 | BAPATLA - SC | J.D. Seelam |
4 | KURNOOL | PG Rampullaiah Yadav |
5 | KADAPA | Y.S. Sharmila Reddy |
6 | VISAKHAPATNAM | PULUSU SATYANARAYANA REDDY |
7 | ANAKAPALLE | VEGI VENKATESH |
8 | ELURU | LAVANYA KAVURI |
9 | NARASARAOPET | GARNEPUDI ALEXANDER SUDHAKAR |
11 | NELLORE | KOPPULA RAJU |
12 | TIRUPATI - SC | CHINTA MOHAN |
13 | SRIKAKULAM | Dr. Pedada Parameswararao |
14 | VIZ IANAGARAM | Bobbili Srinu |
15 | AMALAPU RAM - SC | Janga Goutham |
16 | MACHILIPATNAM | Gollu Krishna |
17 | VIJAYAWADA | Valluru Bhargav |
18 | ONGOLE | Eda Sudhakara Reddy |
19 | NANDYAL | Jangiti Lakshmi Narasimha Yadav |
20 | ANANTAPUR | Mallikarjun Vajjala |
21 | HINDUPUR | B.A. Samad Shaheen |
22 | Narsapuram | Korlapati Brahmananda Rao Naidu |
23 | Rajampet | SK Basheed |
24 | Chittoor | M Jagapathi |
Chandigarth
1 | Chandigarh | Manish Tewari |
Delhi
1 | CHANDNI CHOWK | J.P.Agarwal |
2 | NORTH EAST DELHI | Kanhaiya Kumar |
5 | NORTH WEST DELHI- SC | Udit Raj |
Punjab
1 | AMRITSAR | Gurjeet Singh Aujl a |
2 | JALANDHAR - SC | Charanjit Singh Channi |
3 | FATEHGARH SAHIB - SC | Amar Singh |
4 | BHATINDA | Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu |
5 | SANGRUR | Sukhpal Singh Khaira |
6 | PATIALA | Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi |
7 | HOSHIARPUR - SC | Ms.Yamini Gomar |
8 | FARIDKOT - SC | Amarjit Kaur Sahoke |
9 | Anandpur Sahib | Vijay Inder Singla |
10 | Gurdaspur | Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa |
11 | LUDHIANA | Amarinder Singh Raja Warring |
12 | Khadoor Sahib | Kulbir Singh Zira |
13 | FIROZPUR | Sher Singh Ghubaya |
Himachal Pradesh
1 | MANDI | Vikramaditya Singh |
2 | SHIMLA - SC | Vinod Sultanpuri |
3 | Kangra | Anand Sharma |
4 | Hamirpur | Satpal Raizada |
Haryana
1 | AMBALA - SC | Varun Choudhary |
2 | SIRSA - SC | Kumari Selja |
3 | HISAR | Jai Prakash |
4 | KARNAL | Oivyanshu Budhiraja |
5 | SONIPAT | Satpal Brahmachari |
6 | ROHTAK | Deepender Singh Hooda |
7 | BHIWANl-MAHENDRAGARH | Rao Dan Singh |
8 | FARIDABAD | Mahendra Pratap |
9 | Gurgaon | Raj Babbar |
Goa
1 | North Goa | Ramakant Khalap |
2 | South Goa | Capt. Viriato Fernandes |
(The list will be updated as more names are announced)