Key Candidates

Assembly Elections 2023: Five states of the country — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Mizoram — are electing new governments for a fresh term, and all political parties fielded their best candidates in the high-stakes election taking place just a few months before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP gave tickets to 18 MPs, including three central ministers, in three states. Narendra Singh Tomar, Faggan Singh Kulaste, and Prahlad Singh Patel have been fielded from Madhya Pradesh, while Renuka Singh is contesting from Bharatpur-Sonhat in Chhattisgarh. Besides former chief minister Vasundhara Raje, MPs Diya Kumari, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Narendra Kumar, and Devji Patel have been fielded in Rajasthan, while senior leaders Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Narottam Mishra, and Kailash Vijayvargiya have entered the fray in Madhya Pradesh. From the Congress, Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot are the key candidates in Rajasthan, while Bhupesh Baghel and TS Singh Deo are the prominent faces in Chhattisgarh, where BJP has fielded former CM Dr. Raman Singh too. In Telangana, KCR, KT Rama Rao, Mohammad Azharuddin, and Akbaruddin Owaisi are big names in the fray, and key candidates in Mizoram are CM Zoramthanga, Pu Lalsawta, and Lalduhoma.