Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has revealed its candidates for 25 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming general elections. The party, led by Mayawati, released two separate lists on Sunday, disclosing the contenders for various constituencies. After its first list, the BSP released the names of nine more candidates. Hembabu Dhangar will contest from Hathras (SC seat), Kamal Kant Upmanyu from Mathura, and Pooja Amrohi from Agra (SC seat). Other candidates include Ram Nivas Sharma for Fatehpur Sikri, Satyendra Jain Sauli for Firozabad, and Sarika Singh Baghel for Etawah (SC seat).


Among the candidates announced, Kuldeep Bhadauria will contest from Kanpur, Rajesh Kumar Dwivedi from Akbarpur, and Suresh Chandra Gautam from Jalaun (SC seat).



Source: ANI


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BSP's First List For Lok Sabha Election 2024


In the initial list, the party nominated candidates including Majid Ali for Saharanpur, Shripal Singh for Kairana, and Dara Singh Prajapati for Muzaffarnagar. Additionally, Vijyendra Singh will contest from Bijnor, while Surendra Pal Singh has been selected for the Nagina (SC seat). Mohammad Irfan Saifi will represent the party from Moradabad.


From Rampur, the party has given the ticket to Zishan Khan, Shaulat Ali from Sambhal, Mozahid Hussain from Amroha, Devvrat Tyagi from Meerut, and Praveen Bansal from Baghpat. Rajendra Singh Solanki has been fielded from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Girish Chandra Jatav from Bulandshahr (SC seat), and Abid Ali from Aonla. Anis Ahmad Khan alias Phool Babu is slated to contest from Pilibhit and Dodaram Verma from Shahjahanpur (SC seat).


The upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will be held in seven phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1. Counting of votes is scheduled for June 4. In the previous elections in 2019, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) secured victory in 64 seats, while the SP-BSP alliance managed to win 15 seats. The Congress clinched one seat.