BJP Releases 5th List Of 111 Candidates, Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut, Naveen Jindal Among Nominees

Lok Sabha Election 2024: The BJP in its fifth list named actors Arun Govil, Kangana Ranaut, and ex-Congress MP Naveen Jindal along with several senior leaders and Union Ministers.

Former Congress MP Naveen Jindal joins BJP, in New Delhi, Sunday, March 24, 2024. | File photos of actors Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the names of 111 additional Lok Sabha poll candidates on Sunday, revealing significant changes in its roster. Among the prominent names are actor Kangana Ranaut and industrialist Naveen Jindal, who joined the party today. Arun Govil, renowned for his portrayal of Ram in the TV serial Ramayan, has been fielded from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat.

The party has opted to drop several incumbents, including Union ministers Ashwini Kumar Choubey and V K Singh, and MP Varun Gandhi, while introducing new faces and notable personalities.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan will contest from Sambalpur, while the party's spokesperson Sambit Patra will attempt to secure a victory from Puri. Additionally, actor Kangana Ranaut has been fielded by the BJP from Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

Among the notable omissions, former Union minister Anantkumar Hegde has been dropped, as well as nearly 37 incumbent MPs. Notably, Kerala BJP president K Surendran will contest from Wayanad, challenging incumbent MP Rahul Gandhi.

The BJP has named Rekha Patra, identified as a victim of the Sandeshkhali incident, as a candidate from West Bengal's Basirhat constituency. Another notable addition is former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay from Tamluk. Notably, Dilip Ghosh, the MP from Medinipur, has been shifted to Bardhaman–Durgapur, replacing the incumbent S S Ahluwalia.

In Bihar, Union minister Giriraj Singh has been renominated from Begusarai, and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Sahib.

In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP announced 13 more candidates, including the replacement of Varun Gandhi with Jitin Prasada in Pilibhit. Meanwhile, veteran actor Arun Govil has been preferred over seasoned parliamentarian Rajendra Agrawal in Meerut.

Several new entrants featured in the list, including Naveen Jindal, Ranjit Chautala, and Varaprasad Rao, who joined the BJP on Sunday. Additionally, Sita Soren, sister-in-law of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, will contest from Dumka.

Former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who recently rejoined the BJP after a brief stint with the Congress, will contest from Belgaum.

Andhra Pradesh

#	Constituency	Candidate Name
1	Araku ST	Kothapalli Geetha
2	Anakapalle	CM Ramesh
3	Rajahmundry	D Purandareshwari
4	Narsapuram	Bupathiraju Srinivas Varma
5	Tirupati SC	Varaprasad Rao
6	Rajampet	N. Kiran Kumar Reddy

Bihar

1	Paschim Champaran	Sanjay Jaiswal
2	Purvi Champaran	Radha Mohan Singh
3	Madhubani	Ashok Kumar Yadav
4	Araria	Pradeep Kumar Singh
5	Darbhanga	Gopal Jee Thakur
6	Muzaffarpur	Raj Bhushan Nishad
7	Maharajganj	Janardan Singh Sigriwal
8	Saran	Rajiv Pratap Rudy
9	Ujjarpur	Nityanand Rai
10	Begusarai	Giriraj Singh
11	Patna Sahib	Ravi Shankar Prasad
12	Pataliputra	Ram Kripal Yadav
13	Arrah	R.K. Singh
14	Buxar	Mithilesh Tiwari
15	Sasaram SC	Shivesh Ram
16	Aurangabad	Sushil Kumar Singh
17	Nawada	Vivek Thakur

Goa 

1

South Goa

Pallavi nivas Dempo

Gujarat

1	Mahesana	Haribhai Patel
2	Sabarkantha	Shobhnaben Mahendrasinh Baraiya
3	Surendranagar	Chandubhai Chhaganbhai Shihora
5	Junagadh	Rajeshbhai Chudasama
6	Amreli	Bharatbhai Manubhai Sutariya
7	Vadodara	Heman Yogeshchandra Joshi

Haryana

1	Kurukshetra	Naveen Jindal
2	Hisar	Ranit Chautala
3	Sonipat	Mohan Lal Badoli
4	Rohtak	Arvind Kumar Sharma

Himachal Pradesh

1	Kangra	Rajeev Bharadwaj
2	Mandi	Kangana Ranaut

Jharkhand

1	Dumka ST	Sita Soren
2	Chatra	Kalicharan Singh
3	Dhanbad	Dulu Mahato

Karnataka

1	Belgaum	Jagadish Shettar
2	Raichur ST	Raja Amareshwara Naik
3	Uttara Kannada	Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri
4	Chikkballapur	K. Sudhakar

Kerala

1	Wayanad	K. Surendran
2	Alathur SC	T.N. Sarasu
3	Ernakulam	KS Radhakrishnan
4	Kollam	G. Krishnakumar

Maharashtra

1	Bhandara — Gondiya	Sunil Baburao Mendhe
2	Gadchiroli-Chimur ST	Ashok Mahadev Rao Nete
3	Solapur SC	Ram Satpute

Mizoram

1

Mizoram (ST)

Vanlalhmuaka

Odisha

1	Bargarh	Pradeep Purohit
2	Sundargarh ST	Jual Oram
3	Sambalpur	Dharmendra Pradhan
4	Keonjhar ST	Ananta Nayak
5	Mayurbhani ST	Naba Charan Majhi
6	Balasore	Pratap Chandra Sarangi
7	Bhadrak (SC)	Avimanyu Sethi
8	Dhenkanal	Rudra Narayan Pany
9	Bolangir	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
10	Kalahandi	Malvika Keshari Deo
11	Nabarangpur (ST)	Balabhadra Majhi
12	Kendrapara	Baijayant 'Jay' Panda
13	Jagatsinghpur SC	Bibhu Prasad Tarai
14	Puri	Sambit Patra
15	Bhubaneswar	Aparajita Sarangi
16	Aska	Anita Subhadarshini
17	Berhampur	Pradee Kumar Panigrahy
18	Koraput ST	Kaleram Mahi

Rajasthan

1	Ganganagar	Priyanka Balan
2	Jhunjhunu	Shubhkaran Choudhary
3	Jaipur Rural	Rao Rajendra Singh
4	Jaipur	Manju Sharma
5	Tonk-Sawai Madhopur	Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria
6	Ajmer	Bhagirath Chaudhary
7	Rajsamand	Mahima Vishweswar Singh

Sikkim

1

Sikkim

Dinesh Chandra Nepal

Telangana

1	Warangal SC	Aroori Ramesh
2	Khammam	Tandra Vinod Rao

Uttar Pradesh

1	Saharanpur	Raghav Lakhanpal
2	Moradabad	Sarvesh Singh
3	Meerut	Arun Govil
4	Ghaziabad	Atul Garg
5	Aligarh	Satish Gautam
6	Hathras SC	Anoo Valmiki
7	Badaun	Durvijay Singh Shakya
8	Bareilly	Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar
9	Pilibhit	Jitin Prasada
10	Sultanpur	Maneka Gandhi
11	Kanpur	Ramesh Awasthi
12	Barabanki SC	Rajrani Rawat
13	Bahraich SC	Arvind Gond

West Bengal

1	Jalpaiguri SC	Jayanta Roy
2	Darjeeling	Raju Bista
3	Raiganj	Kartick Paul
4	Jangipur	Dhananjay Ghosh
5	Krishnanagar	Rajmata Amrita Roy
6	Barrackpur	Arjun Singh
7	Dum Dum	Silbhadra Dutta
8	Barasat	Swapan Majumder
9	Basirhat	Rekha Patra
10	Mathura SC	Ashok Purkait
11	Kolkata Dakshin	Debashree Chaudhary
12	Kolkata Uttar	Tapas Roy
13	Uluberia	Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury
14	Sreerampur	Kabir Shankar Bose
15	Arambagh SC	Arup Kanti Digar
16	Tamluk	Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay
17	Medinipur	Agnimitra Paul
18	Bardhaman Purba SC	Ashim Kumar Sarkar
19	Bardhaman — Durgapur	Dilip Ghosh

BJP Candidate List: Giriraj Singh, Kangana Ranaut, Jagadish Shettar Thank Party After Nomination

Union Minister Giriraj Singh expressed his gratitude to the party stating, "I am committed to serve Begusarai with hard work and dedication."

मैं परिश्रम और समर्पण के साथ बेगूसराय की सेवा करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हूं।
लगातार तीसरी बार और खासकर दूसरी बार बेगूसराय से लोकसभा चुनाव लड़ने के लिए मुझ पर भरोसा करने के लिए माननीय प्रधान मंत्री श्री नरेंद्र मोदी जी, माननीय पार्टी अध्यक्ष श्री जेपी नड्डा जी, माननीय गृह मंत्री श्री… pic.twitter.com/QOXyEHWU2k

— Shandilya Giriraj Singh (मोदी का परिवार) (@girirajsinghbjp) March 24, 2024

Dharmendra Pradhan wrote, "With PM Modi's guarantee, track record of 10 years and the hard work of the workers, we will win the votes and trust of the people across the country along with Sambalpur."

संबलपुर के लोगों की सेवा तथा उनका स्नेह और आशीर्वाद प्राप्त करने के लिए मुझ पर विश्वास जताने के लिए आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी, गृह मंत्री @AmitShah जी, अध्यक्ष @JPNadda जी व केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति को कोटि-कोटि आभार प्रकट करता हूँ।

माँ समलेई की पवित्र भूमि, संबलपुर का… pic.twitter.com/x5rqgGNlsx

— Dharmendra Pradhan (मोदी का परिवार) (@dpradhanbjp) March 24, 2024

Senior Karnataka politician Jagadish Shettar told news agency ANI, "I am very happy and pay respect towards the central leadership and state leadership as well. I am very much confident that I'll win the election."

#WATCH | Hubballi, Karnataka | On his candidature from Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency, BJP leader Jagadish Shettar says, "I am very happy and pay respect towards the central leadership and state leadership as well. I am very much confident that I'll win the election." pic.twitter.com/jzfC7zooKa

— ANI (@ANI) March 24, 2024

Kangana Ranaut, on her nomination, posted on X, "My beloved Bharat and Bhartiya Janta’s own party, Bharatiya Janta party (BJP) has always had my unconditional support... I look forward to be a worthy 'karyakarta' and a reliable public servant."

My beloved Bharat and Bhartiya Janta’s own party, Bharatiya Janta party ( BJP) has always had my unconditional support, today the national leadership of BJP has announced me as their Loksabha candidate from my birth place Himachal Pradesh, Mandi (constituency) I abide by the high…

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) March 24, 2024

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