Chhattisgarh elections: BJP releases third list, one seat yet to be finalised

Of the 11 seats, the BJP has three sitting candidates, Ramlal Chauhan in Saraipali, Rupkumari Choudhary in Basna, and Vidyaratan Bhasin in Vaishali Nagar. (Image used for representational purpose)

The BJP has released its third list of 11 candidates for the Chhattisgarh elections, taking the party’s total number of declared candidates to 89 of the 90 seats. Raipur North, currently held by the BJP’s Shrichand Sundrani, is still to be decided.

The third list of the BJP has seen wholesale changes, with eight of 11 candidates that contested the elections last time not getting a ticket on this occasion. Of the 11 seats, the BJP has three sitting candidates, Ramlal Chauhan in Saraipali, Rupkumari Choudhary in Basna, and Vidyaratan Bhasin in Vaishali Nagar. Bhasin won the election in 2013 by a 24,000 vote margin. Of the candidates that lost the last election, only Kashi Ram Sahu from Kota and Dr Kailash Sahu from Jaijaipur have been repeated.

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Ahead of the last day of filing of nominations for the second phase on November 2, the Congress has so far declared 72 candidates, with 18 yet to be announced.

Senior party leaders said that they were being careful and still assessing these seats based on winnability, but there would be a declaration in the next two days.