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 |
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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."
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."
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."
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."
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