LS Polls: From Rahul in Amethi to Digvijay in Bhopal; Congress’ list of candidates & who is contesting from where

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh will be contesting from Bhopal. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat is fielded from Nainital constituency.

The party has so far announced the names of its 218 candidates for the election to the 543-member Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi will contest from their UP bastions Amethi and Raebareli respectively

Former MP CM Digvijay Singh will contest for Lok Sabha from Bhopal

The party's fielding former union minister Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

New Delhi: The All India Congress Committe has released eight list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sbaha elections 2019 so far. The party has so far announced the names of its 218 candidates for the election to the 543-member Lok Sabha which will be held in seven phases beginning on 11 April and ending on 19 May. The counting will take place on 23 May. The party began announcing the batches of its Lok Sabha candidates on March 7. On Saturday the party announced its latest eighth list of 38 candidates for the April-May parliamentary polls with its leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge being renominated from Gulbarga in Karnataka and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan being fielded from Nanded. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh will be contesting from Bhopal. Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat is fielded from Nainital constituency. The party is fielding Renuka Choudhary from Khammam, Manickam Tagore from Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu, Vikramadiya Singh from Udhampur and Raman Bhalla from Jammu, Raj Babbar from Fatehpur Sikri in UP. The first list included the name of Sonia Gandhi who will contest elections from Rae Bareli while INC president Rahul Gandhi will fight from Amethi. Here is list 1 to list 8 as released by the party so far:

Announcement of first list of candidates selected by Congress Central Election Committee for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/FEzssyx3uV

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 7, 2019

Congress Central Election Committee announces the second list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/apUjzhWyjq

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 13, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the third list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/h65DyWmcZH

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 15, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the fourth list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/yaRNLtdbPt

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 16, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the fifth list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/a9UXpZWLaB

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 18, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the sixth list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha. pic.twitter.com/dYdx7V1AVt

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 19, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the seventh list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha and the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. pic.twitter.com/EWbhjPmcgp

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 21, 2019

The Congress Central Election Committee announces the eighth list of candidates for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/ywRx1kMU5s

— Congress (@INCIndia) March 23, 2019

Published at : 24 Mar 2019 12:51 PM (IST)

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