{"id":5050,"date":"2024-04-19T20:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2024-04-19T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T20:23:12","slug":"lok-sabha-elections-2024-full-list-of-congress-candidates-and-their-constituencies-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Full list of Congress candidates and their constituencies &#8211; The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To enjoy additional benefits<br \/>CONNECT WITH US<br \/> April 18, 2024 03:55 pm | Updated 10:26 pm IST <br \/> Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a public meeting for the Lok Sabha elections, in Kolar on April 17. 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI <br \/>The Indian National Congress (INC) has released the names of their candidates contesting for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lok Sabha 2024<\/a> elections.\u00a0<br \/>Principal Opposition party Congress is trying to come back to power after losing to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in two consecutive general elections. The party is part of the Opposition bloc INDIA, and has sealed alliance in some key States such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Bihar among others.\u00a0<br \/><strong><b>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/lok-sabha-election-live-updates-april-18-2024\/article68077270.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Lok Sabha election 2024 LIVE updates- April 18<\/a><\/b><\/strong><br \/>While senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and P. Chidambaram have opted out of the poll race, former Congress president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/rahul-gandhi-wayanad-congress-lok-sabha-elections-file-nomination-april-3-2024\/article68023251.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Rahul Gandhi will be fighting from the Wayanad constituency in Kerala<\/a>. Congress floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is contesting from Baharampur, while deputy floor leader Gaurav Gogoi is contesting from Jorhat.\u00a0<br \/>Shashi Tharoor is seeking a record fourth time from Thiruvananthapuram, while Rajeev Gowda is contesting from Bangalore Central.\u00a0<br \/>The party has released the names of 282 candidates through 21 lists so far. Here is the full list of candidates contesting on Congress tickets.\u00a0<br \/>The following is a list of the INC candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections: <br \/><b>Chhattisgarh <\/b>&#8211; 11 candidates <br \/>1. Sarguja (ST) &#8211; Shashi Singh<br \/>2. Raigarh (ST) &#8211; Menka Devi Singh<br \/>3. Janjgir-Champa (SC) &#8211; Shivkumar Dahariya<br \/>4. Korba &#8211; Jyotsna Mahant<br \/>5. Bilaspur &#8211; Devender Singh Yadav<br \/>6. Rajnandgaon &#8211; Bhupesh Baghel<br \/>7. Durg &#8211; Rajendra Sahu<br \/>8. Raipur &#8211; Vikas Upadhyay<br \/>9. Mahasamund &#8211; Tamradhwaj Sahu<br \/>10. Bastar (SC) &#8211; Kawasi Lakhma<br \/>11. Kanker (SC) &#8211; Biresh Thakur<br \/><b>Karnataka <\/b>&#8211; 28 candidates <br \/>1. Chikkodi &#8211; Priyanka Jarkiholi<br \/>2. Belgaum &#8211; Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar<br \/>3. Bagalkot &#8211; Samyukta S Patil<br \/>4. Bijapur (SC) &#8211; H.R. Algur<br \/>5. Gulbarga (SC) &#8211; Radhakrishna<br \/>6. Raichur (ST) &#8211; G Kumair Naik<br \/>7. Bidar &#8211; Sagar Khandre<br \/>8. Koppal &#8211; K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hintal<br \/>9. Bellary &#8211; E. Tukaram<br \/>10. Haveri &#8211; Anandswamy Gaddadevara Math<br \/>11. Dharwad &#8211; Vinod Asooti<br \/>12. Uttara Kannada &#8211; Anjali Nimbalkar<br \/>13. Davanagere &#8211; Prabha Mallikarjun<br \/>14. Shimoga &#8211; Geeta Shivarajkumar<br \/>15. Udupi Chikmagalur &#8211; K. Jayaprakash Hegde<br \/>16. Hassan &#8211; Shreyas Patel Gowda<br \/>17. Dakshina Kannada &#8211; Padmaraj<br \/>18. Chitradurga (SC) &#8211; B. N. Chandrappa<br \/>19. Tumkur &#8211; S. P. Muddahanumegowda<br \/>20. Mandya &#8211; Venkataramane Gowda<br \/>21. Mysore &#8211; M Lakshman<br \/>22. Chamarajanagar &#8211; Sunil Bose<br \/>23. Bangalore Rural &#8211; D. K. Suresh<br \/>24. Bangalore North &#8211; Rajeev Gowda<br \/>25. Bangalore Central &#8211; Mansoor Ali Khan<br \/>26. Bangalore South &#8211; Soumya Reddy<br \/>27. Chikballapur &#8211; Raksha Ramaiah<br \/>28. Kolar &#8211; K V Gowtham<br \/><b>Kerala<\/b> &#8211; 16 candidates <br \/>1. Kasaragod &#8211; Rajmohan Unnithan<br \/>2. Kannur &#8211; K. Sudhakaran<br \/>3. Vatakara &#8211; Shafi Parambil<br \/>4. Wayanad &#8211; Rahul Gandhi<br \/>5. Kozhikode &#8211; MK Raghavan<br \/>6. Palakkad &#8211; VK Sreekandan<br \/>7. Alathur (SC) &#8211; Ramya Haridas<br \/>8. Thrissur &#8211; K Muraleedharan<br \/>9. Chalakudy &#8211; Benny Behanan<br \/>10. Ernakulam &#8211; Hibi Eden<br \/>11. Idukki &#8211; Dean Kuriakose<br \/>12. Alappuzha &#8211; KC Venugopal<br \/>13. Mavelikara (SC) &#8211; Kodikunnil Suresh<br \/>14. Pathanamthitta &#8211; Anto Antony<br \/>15. Attingal &#8211; Adoor Prakash<br \/>16. Thiruvananthapuram &#8211; Shashi Tharoor<br \/><b>Lakshadweep<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Lakshadweep (ST) &#8211; Mohd. Hamdullaha Sayeed<br \/><b>Meghalaya<\/b> &#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. Shillong (ST) &#8211; Vincent Pala<br \/>2. Tura (ST) &#8211; Saleng A Sangma<br \/><b>Nagaland<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Nagaland &#8211; S. Supongmeren Jamir <br \/><b>Sikkim<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Sikkim &#8211; Gopal Chettri <br \/><b>Telangana<\/b> &#8211; 14 candidates <br \/>1. Adilabad (ST) &#8211; Atram Suguna<br \/>2. Peddapalli (SC) &#8211; Gaddam Vamsi Krishna<br \/>3. Nizamabad &#8211; T. Jeevan Reddy<br \/>4. Zahirabad &#8211; Suresh Kumar Shetkar<br \/>5. Medak &#8211; Neelam Madhu<br \/>6. Malkajgiri &#8211; Patnam Sunitha Mahender Reddy<br \/>7. Secunderabad &#8211; Danam Nagender<br \/>8. Chevella &#8211; G. Ranjith Reddy<br \/>9. Mahabubnagar &#8211; Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy<br \/>10. Nagarkurnool (SC) &#8211; Mallu Ravi<br \/>11. Nalgonda &#8211; Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy<br \/>12. Bhongir &#8211; Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy<br \/>13. Warangal (SC) &#8211; Kadiyam Kavya<br \/>14. Mahabubabad (ST) &#8211; Balram Naik<br \/><b>Tripura<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Tripura West &#8211; Ashish Kumar Saha<br \/><b>Assam<\/b> &#8211; 13 candidates <br \/>1. Kokrajhar (ST) &#8211; Garjan Mushahary<br \/>2. Dhubri &#8211; Rakibul Hussain<br \/>3. Barpeta &#8211; Deep Bayan<br \/>4. Darrang \u2013Udalguri- Madhab Rajbangshi<br \/>5. Guwahati &#8211; Mira Barthakur Goswami<br \/>6. Diphu (ST) &#8211; Joyram Engleng<br \/>7. Karimganj &#8211; Rashid Ahmed Choudhary<br \/>8. Silchar (SC) &#8211; Surjya Kanta Sarkar<br \/>9. Nagaon &#8211; Pradyut Bordoloi<br \/>10. Kaziranga &#8211; Roselina Tirkey<br \/>11. Sonitpur &#8211; Premlal Ganju<br \/>12. Lakhimpur &#8211; Uday Shankar Hazarika<br \/>13. Jorhat &#8211; Gaurav Gogoi<br \/><b>Gujarat<\/b> &#8211; 24 candidates <br \/>1. Kachchh (SC) &#8211; Nitishbhai Lalan<br \/>2. Banaskantha &#8211; Geniben Thakor<br \/>3. Patan &#8211; Chandanji Thakor<br \/>4. Mahesana &#8211; Ramji Thakor (Palvi)<br \/>5. Sabarkantha &#8211; Tushar Chaudhary<br \/>6. Gandhinagar &#8211; Sonal Patel<br \/>7. Ahmedabad East &#8211; Himmatsinh Patel<br \/>8. Ahmedabad West (SC) &#8211; Bharat Makwana<br \/>9. Surendranagar &#8211; Rutvik Makwana<br \/>10. Rajkot &#8211; Paresh Dhanani<br \/>11. Porbandar &#8211; Lalitbhai Vasoya<br \/>12. Jamnagar &#8211; J.P Marvia<br \/>13. Junagadh &#8211; Hirabhai Jotva<br \/>14. Amreli &#8211; Jennyben Thummar<br \/>15. Anand &#8211; Amitbhai Chavda<br \/>16. Kheda &#8211; Kalusinh Dabhi<br \/>17. Panchmahal &#8211; Gulabsinh Chaudhan<br \/>18. Dahod (ST) &#8211; Prabhaben Taviyad<br \/>19. Vadodara &#8211; Jashpalsinh Padhiyar<br \/>20. Chhota Udaipur (ST) &#8211; Sukhrambhai Rathwa<br \/>21. Bardoli (ST) &#8211; Siddharth Chaudhary<br \/>22. Surat &#8211; Nilesh Kumbani<br \/>23. Navsari &#8211; Naishadh Desai<br \/>24. Valsad (ST) &#8211; Anantbhai Patel<br \/><b>Madhya Pradesh<\/b> &#8211; 28 candidates <br \/>1. Morena &#8211; Satyapal Singh Sikarwar<br \/>2. Bhind (SC) &#8211; Phool Singh Baraiya<br \/>3. Gwalior &#8211; Praveen Pathak<br \/>4. Guna &#8211; Rao Yadvendra Singh<br \/>5. Sagar &#8211; Guddu Raja Bundela<br \/>6. Tikamgarh (SC) &#8211; Pankaj Ahirwar<br \/>7. Damoh &#8211; Tarvar Singh Lodhi<br \/>8. Satna &#8211; Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha<br \/>9. Rewa &#8211; Nilam Mishra<br \/>10. Sidhi &#8211; Kamleshwar Patel<br \/>11. Shahdol (ST) &#8211; Phundelal Singh Marko<br \/>12. Jabalpur &#8211; Dinesh Yadav<br \/>13. Mandla (ST) &#8211; Omkar Singh Markam<br \/>14. Balaghat &#8211; Samrat Saraswat<br \/>15. Chhindwara &#8211; Nakul Nath<br \/>16. Narmadapuram &#8211; Sanjay Sharma<br \/>17. Vidisha &#8211; Pratap Bhanu Sharma<br \/>18. Bhopal &#8211; Arun Shrivastav<br \/>19. Rajgarh &#8211; Digvijaya Singh<br \/>20. Dewas (SC) &#8211; Rajendra Malviya<br \/>21. Ujjain (SC) &#8211; Mahesh Parmar<br \/>22. Mandsour &#8211; Dilip Singh Gurjar<br \/>23. Ratlam (ST) &#8211; Kantilal Bhuria<br \/>24. Dhar (ST) &#8211; Radheshyam Muvel<br \/>25. Indore &#8211; Akshay Bam<br \/>26. Khargone &#8211; Porlal Kharte<br \/>27. Khandwa &#8211; Narendra Patel<br \/>28. Betul (ST) &#8211; Ramu Tekam<br \/><b>Rajasthan <\/b>&#8211; 22 candidates<br \/>1. Ganganagar (SC) &#8211; Kuldeep Indora<br \/>2. Bikaner (SC) &#8211; Govind Ram Meghwal<br \/>3. Churu &#8211; Rahul Kaswan<br \/>4. Jhunjhunu &#8211; Brijendra Singh Ola<br \/>5. Jaipur Rural &#8211; Anil Chopra<br \/>6. Jaipur &#8211; Pratap Singh Khachariyawas<br \/>7. Alwar &#8211; Lalit Yadav<br \/>8. Bharatpur (SC) &#8211; Sanjana Jatav<br \/>9. Karauli\u2013Dholpur (SC) &#8211; Bhajan Lal Jatav<br \/>10. Dausa (ST) &#8211; Murari Lal Meena<br \/>11. Tonk\u2013Sawai Madhopur &#8211; Harish Meena<br \/>12. Ajmer &#8211; Ramchandra Choudhary<br \/>13. Pali &#8211; Sangeeta Beniwal<br \/>14. Jodhpur &#8211; Karan Singh Uchiyarda<br \/>15. Barmer &#8211; Umeda Ram Beniwal<br \/>16. Jalore &#8211; Vaibhav Gehlot<br \/>17. Udaipur (ST) &#8211; Tarachand Meena<br \/>18. Chittorgarh &#8211; Udai Lal Anjana<br \/>19. Rajsamand &#8211; Damodar Gunjal<br \/>20. Bhilwara &#8211; C. P. Joshi<br \/>21. Kota &#8211; Prahlad Gunjal<br \/>22. Jhalawar\u2013Baran &#8211; Urmila Jain Bhaya<br \/><b>Andhra Pradesh<\/b> &#8211; 11 candidates <br \/>1. Visakhapatnam &#8211; Pulusu Satyanarayana Reddy<br \/>2. Anakapalli &#8211; Vegi Venkatesh<br \/>3. Kakinada &#8211; M. M. Pallam Raju<br \/>4. Rajahmundry &#8211; Gidugu Rudra Raju<br \/>5. Eluru &#8211; Lavanya Kumari<br \/>6. Narasaraopet &#8211; Garnepudi Alexander Sudhakar<br \/>7. Bapatla (SC) &#8211; Jesudasu Seelam<br \/>8. Kurnool &#8211; P. G. Ram Pullaiah Yadav<br \/>9. Kadapa &#8211; Y. S. Sharmila<br \/>10. Nellore &#8211; Koppula Raju<br \/>11. Tirupati (SC) &#8211; Chinta Mohan<br \/><b>Arunachal Pradesh <\/b>&#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. Arunachal West &#8211; Nabam Tuki<br \/>2. Arunachal East &#8211; Boisiram Siram<br \/><b>Bihar<\/b> &#8211; 3 candidates <br \/>1. Kishanganj &#8211; Mohammad Jawed<br \/>2. Katihar &#8211; Tariq Anwar<br \/>3. Bhagalpur &#8211; Ajeet Sharma<br \/><b>Goa <\/b>&#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. North Goa- Ramakant Khalap <br \/>2. South Goa- Capt. Viriato Fernandes <br \/><b>Himachal Pradesh<\/b> &#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. Mandi &#8211; Vikramaditya Singh<br \/>2. Shimla (SC) &#8211; Vinod Sultanpuri<br \/><b>Jharkhand<\/b> &#8211; 4 candidates <br \/>1. Khunti (ST) &#8211; Kalicharan Munda<br \/>2. Lohardaga (ST) &#8211; Sukhdeo Bhagat<br \/>3. Hazaribagh &#8211; Jai Prakash Bhai Patel<br \/>4. Godda &#8211; Deepika Pandey Singh<br \/><b>Maharashtra<\/b> &#8211; 1 5 candidates <br \/> 1. Nandurbar (ST) &#8211; Gowaal K Padavi<br \/>2. Dhule &#8211; Shobha Dinesh Bachhav<br \/>3. Akola &#8211; Abhay Kashinath Patil<br \/>4. Amravati (SC) &#8211; Balwant Basawant Wankhede<br \/>5. Ramtek (SC) &#8211; Shyamkumar Daulat Barve<br \/>6. Nagpu &#8211; Vikas Thakare<br \/>7. Bhandara-Gondiya &#8211; Prashant Yadavrao Padole<br \/>8. Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) &#8211; Namdev Dasaram Kirsan<br \/>9. Chandrapur &#8211; Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar<br \/>10. Nanded &#8211; Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan<br \/>11. Jalna &#8211; Kalyan Kale<br \/>12. Pune &#8211; Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar<br \/>13. Latur (SC) &#8211; Shivajirao Kalge<br \/>14. Solapur (SC) &#8211; Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde<br \/>15. Kolhapur &#8211; Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj<br \/><b>Manipur<\/b> &#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. Inner Manipur &#8211; Angomcha Bimol Akoijam<br \/>2. Outer Manipur &#8211; Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur<br \/><b>Mizoram<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Mizoram &#8211; Lalbiakzama<br \/><b>Odisha <\/b>&#8211; 21 candidates <br \/>1. Bargarh (ST) &#8211; Sanjay Bhoi<br \/>2. Sundargarh (ST )- Janardan Dehury<br \/>3. Keonjhar (ST) &#8211; Mohan Hembram<br \/>4. Balasore &#8211; Srikant Kumar Jena<br \/>5. Bhadrak (SC) &#8211; Anant Prasad Sethi<br \/>6. Jajpur (SC) &#8211; Anchal Das<br \/>7. Dhenkanal &#8211; Sashmita Behera<br \/>8. Bolangir &#8211; Manoj Mishra<br \/>9. Kalahandi &#8211; Draupadi Majhi<br \/>10. Nabarangpur (ST) &#8211; Bhujabal Majhi<br \/>11. Kandhamal &#8211; Amir Chand Nayak<br \/>12. Kendrapara &#8211; Sidharth Swarup Das<br \/>13. Jagatsinghpur (SC) &#8211; Rabindra Kumar Sethy<br \/>14. Puri &#8211; Sucharita Mohanty<br \/>15. Bhubaneswar &#8211; Yasir Nawaz<br \/>16. Berhampur &#8211; Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik<br \/>17. Koraput (ST) &#8211; Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka<br \/>18. Mahanga &#8211; Debendra Kumar Sahoo<br \/>19. Satyabadi &#8211; Manoj Rath<br \/>20. Bhubaneswar Central &#8211; Prakash Chandra Jena<br \/>21. Bhubaneswar North &#8211; Ashok Kumar Das<br \/><b>Punjab <\/b>&#8211; 6 candidates <br \/>1. Amritsar &#8211; Gurjeet Singh Aujla<br \/>2. Jalandhar (SC) &#8211; Charanjit Singh Channi<br \/>3. Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) &#8211; Amar Singh<br \/>4. Bathinda &#8211; Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu<br \/>5. Sangrur &#8211; Sukhpal Singh Khaira<br \/>6. Patiala &#8211; Dharamvir Gandhi<br \/><b>Tamil Nadu<\/b> &#8211; 8 candidates <br \/>1. Tiruvallur &#8211; Sasikanth Senthil<br \/>2. Krishnagir i- K. Gopinath<br \/>3. Karur &#8211; S. Jothimani<br \/>4. Cuddalore &#8211; M. K. Vishnu Prasad<br \/>5. Mayiladuthurai &#8211; R Sudha<br \/>6. Sivaganga &#8211; Karti P Chidambaram<br \/>7. Tirunelveli &#8211; C. Robert Bruce<br \/>8. Kanniyakumari &#8211; Vijay Vasanth<br \/><b>Uttar Pradesh<\/b> &#8211; 15 candidates <br \/>1. Saharanpur &#8211; Imran Masood<br \/>2. Amroha &#8211; Danish Ali<br \/>3. Ghaziabad &#8211; Dolly Sharma<br \/>4. Bulandshahr &#8211; Shivram Valmiki<br \/>5. Mathura &#8211; Mukesh Dhangar<br \/>6. Fatehpur Sikri &#8211; Ramnath Sikarwar<br \/>7. Sitapur &#8211; Rakesh Rathore\u00a0<br \/>8. Kanpur &#8211; Alok Mishra<br \/>9. Jhansi &#8211; Pradeep Jain Aditya<br \/>10. Barabanki &#8211; Tanuj Punia<br \/>11. Maharajganj &#8211; Virendra Chaudhary<br \/>12. Deoria &#8211; Akhilesh Pratap Singh<br \/>13. Bansgaon &#8211; Sadal Prasad<br \/>14. Varanasi &#8211; Ajay Rai<br \/>15. Allahabad &#8211; Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh<br \/><b>Uttarakhand <\/b>&#8211; 5 candidates <br \/>1. Tehri Garhwal &#8211; Jot Singh Gunsola<br \/>2. Garhwal &#8211; Ganesh Godiyal<br \/>3. Almora (SC) &#8211; Pradeep Tamta<br \/>4. Nainital\u2013Udhamsingh Nagar &#8211; Prakash Joshi<br \/>5. Hardwar &#8211; Virender Rawat<br \/><b>West Bengal<\/b> &#8211; 13 candidates <br \/>1. Darjeeling &#8211; Munish Tamang<br \/>2. Raigan j- Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)<br \/>3. Maldaha Uttar &#8211; Mostaque Alam<br \/>4. Maldaha Dakshin &#8211; Isha Khan Choudhury<br \/>5. Jangipur &#8211; Mortaza Hossain Bokul<br \/>6. Baharampur &#8211; Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury<br \/>7. Bangaon (SC) &#8211; Pradip Biswas<br \/>8. Kolkata Uttar &#8211; Pradip Bhattacharya<br \/>9. Uluberia &#8211; Azahar Mallick<br \/>10. Purulia &#8211; Nepal Mahato[e]<br \/>11. Birbhum &#8211; Milton Rashid<br \/>12. Ghatal &#8211; Papiya Chakraborty<br \/>13. Coochbehar (SC) &#8211; Piya Roy Chowdhury<br \/><b>Andaman and Nicobar Islands<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands &#8211; Kuldeep Rai Sharma<br \/><b>Chandigarh<\/b> &#8211; 1 candidate <br \/>1. Chandigarh &#8211; Manish Tewari<br \/><b>Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu<\/b> &#8211; 2 candidates <br \/>1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli &#8211; Ajit Ramjibhai Mahla<br \/>2. 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