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Lok Sabha elections: Congress list of candidates for 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019, Congress Candidates List 2019: Congress president Rahul Gandhi may contest from two seats this time, indicating that he could contest from Wayanad, which is considered a party stronghold.

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New Delhi | Updated: March 26, 2019 11:31 AM IST

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi may contest elections from two seats this time. (Source: Twitter/ INCIndia)

Congress Candidates List 2019, Lok Sabha Election 2019: The Congress party has released eleven lists of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections so far. According to the first list, party president Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi will again contest elections from Amethi and Rae Bareli. Rahul may contest from two seats this time, with the Congress’ Kerala unit hinting that he might contest from Wayanad, which is considered a party stronghold. Twenty years ago, Sonia had also contested from two seats — Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and Bellary in Karnataka.

The grand old party has named 15 candidates in its first list, 21 in second, 18 in third, 27 in fourth, 56 in fifth, 3 in sixth, 34 in seventh and 38 in the seventh list in the run-up to Lok Sabha elections 2019. Click here for more election news

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The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases, beginning from April 11 and concluding on May 19. Assembly elections to Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh will be held simultaneously. Results will be declared on May 23. The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote.

First list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Raju Parmar	Ahmedabad West	Gujarat
2	Bharatsingh M Solanki	Anand	Gujarat
3	Prashant Patel	Vadodara	Gujarat
4	Ranjit Mohansinh Rathwa	Chhota Udaipur	Gujarat
5	Imran Masood	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh
6	Saleem Iqbal Shervani	Badaun	Uttar Pradesh
7	Jitin Prasad	Dhaurahra	Uttar Pradesh
8	Annu Tandon	Unnao	Uttar Pradesh
9	Sonia Gandhi	Rae Bareli	Uttar Pradesh
10	Rahul Gandhi	Amethi	Uttar Pradesh
11	Salman Khursheed	Farrukhabad	Uttar Pradesh
12	Rajaram Pal	Akbarpur	Uttar Pradesh
13	Brij Lal Khabri	Jalaun	Uttar Pradesh
14	Nirmal Khatri	Faizabad	Uttar Pradesh
15	R P N Singh	Kushi Nagar	Uttar Pradesh

Second list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Omwati Devi Jatav	Nagina	Uttar Pradesh
2	Raj Babbar	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh
3	Zafar Ali Naqvi	Kheri	Uttar Pradesh
4	Kaisar Jahan	Sitapur	Uttar Pradesh
5	Manjari Rahi	Misrikh	Uttar Pradesh
6	Ramshankar Bhargava	Mohanlalganj	Uttar Pradesh
7	Sanjay SIngh	Sultanpur	Uttar Pradesh
8	Ratna Singh	Pratapgarh	Uttar Pradesh
9	Sriprakash Jaiswal	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh
10	Rakesh Sachan	Fatehpur	Uttar Pradesh
11	Savitri Phule	Bahraich	Uttar Pradesh
12	Parvez Khan	Sant Kabir Nagar	Uttar Pradesh
13	Kush Saurabh	Bansgaon	Uttar Pradesh
14	Pankaj Mohan Sonkar	Lalganj	Uttar Pradesh
15	Lalitesh Pati Tripathi	Mirzapur	Uttar Pradesh
16	Bhagwati Prasad Choudhary	Robertsganj	Uttar Pradesh
17	Nana Patole	Nagpur	Maharashtra
18	Namdev Dalluji Usendi	Gadchiroli-Chimur	Maharashtra
19	Priya Dutt	Mumbai North Central	Maharashtra
20	Milind Murli Deora	Mumbai South	Maharashtra
21	Sushil Kumar Shinde	Solapur	Maharashtra

Third list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Swarup Das	Karimganj	Assam
2	Sushmita Dev	Silchar	Assam
3	Gaurav Gogoi	Kaliabor	Assam
4	Sushanta Borgohain	Jorhat	Assam
5	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Dibrugarh	Assam
6	Vincent H Pala	Shillong	Meghalaya
7	Mukul M Sangma	Tura	Meghalaya
8	K L Chishi	Nagaland	Nagaland
9	Bharat Basnett	Sikkim	Sikkim
10	Ramesh Rathod	Adilabad	Telangana
11	A Chandra Sekhar	Peddapalle	Telangana
12	Ponnam Prabhakar	Karimnagar	Telangana
13	K Madan Mohan Rao	Zahirabad	Telangana
14	Gali Anil Kumar	Medak	Telangana
15	A Revanth Reddy	Malkagiri	Telangana
16	Konda Vishveshwar Reddy	Chevella	Telangana
17	Porika Balram Naik	Mahabubabad	Telangana
18	Tanuj Punia	Barabanki	Uttar Pradesh

Fourth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Nabam Tuki	Arunanchal West	Arunanchal Pradesh
2	James Lowangcha Wanglet	Arunanchal East	Arunanchal Pradesh
3	Khel Sai Singh	Surguja	Chhattisgarh
4	Laljeet Singh Rathia	Raigarh	Chhattisgarh
5	Ravi Bhardwaj	Jangir Champa	Chhattisgarh
6	Deepak Baij	Bastar	Chhattisgarh
7	Brijesh Thakur	Kanker	Chhattisgarh
8	Rajamohan Unnithan	Kasaragod	Kerala
9	K Sudhakaran	Kannur	Kerala
10	M K Raghavan	Kozhikode	Kerala
11	V K Sreekantan	Palakkad	Kerala
12	Remya Haridas	Alathur	Kerala
13	T N Prathapan	Thrissur	Kerala
14	Benny Bahanan	Chalakudy	Kerala
15	Hibi Eden	Ernakulam	Kerala
16	Dean Kuriakose	Idukki	Kerala
17	Kodikunnil Suresh	Mavelikkara	Kerala
18	Anto Antony	Pathanamthitta	Kerala
19	Shashi Tharoor	Thiruvananthapuram	Kerala
20	Kuldeep Rai Sharma	A&N Islands	A&N Islands
21	Harender Malik	Kairana	Uttar Pradesh
22	Indira Bhatti	Bijnor	Uttar Pradesh
23	Om Prakash Sharma	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh
24	Arvind Singh Chauhan	Gautam Budha Nagar	Uttar Pradesh
25	Ch. Brijender Singh	Aligarh	Uttar Pradesh
26	Pritam Lodhi	Hamirpur	Uttar Pradesh
27	Bal Krishna Chauhan	Ghosi	Uttar Pradesh

Fifth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Sruthi V Devi	Araku	Andhra Pradesh
2	Dola Jaganmohan Rao	Srikakulam	Andhra Pradesh
3	Yedla Adiraju	Vizianagaram	Andhra Pradesh
4	Sreeram Murthy	Anakapalle	Andhra Pradesh
5	MM Pallam Raju	Kakinada	Andhra Pradesh
6	Janga Gowtham	Amalapuram	Andhra Pradesh
7	Nalluri Vijaya Srinivasa Rao	Rajahmundry	Andhra Pradesh
8	Kanumuri Bapiraju	Narsapuram	Andhra Pradesh
9	Jetti Gurunadha Rao	Eluru	Andhra Pradesh
10	Gollu Krishna	Machilipatnam	Andhra Pradesh
11	Shaik Mastan Vali	Guntur	Andhra Pradesh
12	Pakkala Suribabu	Narasaraopet	Andhra Pradesh
13	Jesudasu Seelam	Bapatla	Andhra Pradesh
14	Dr SDJM Prasad	Ongole	Andhra Pradesh
15	Ahmed Ali Khan	Kurnool	Andhra Pradesh
16	Kuncham Rajeev Reddy	Anantapur	Andhra Pradesh
17	KT Sreedhar	Hindupur	Andhra Pradesh
18	Gundalakunta Sreeramalu	Kadapa	Andhra Pradesh
19	Chevuru Devakumar Reddy	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh
20	Chinta Mohan	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh
21	Mohd Shahjahan Basha	Rajampet	Andhra Pradesh
22	Dr Cheemala Rangappa	Chittoor	Andhra Pradesh
23	Biren Singh Engti	Autonomous	Assam
24	Bhubaneswar Kalita	Mangaldoi	Assam
25	MGVK Bhanu	Tezpur	Assam
26	Pradyut Bordoloi	Nowgong	Assam
27	Anil Borgohain	Lakhimpur	Assam
28	Pradeep Kumar Devta	Bargarh	Odisha
29	George Tirkey	Sundargarh	Odisha
30	Bhakta Charan Das	Kalahandi	Odisha
31	Pradeep Majhi	Nabarangpur	Odisha
32	Manoj Kumar Acharya	Kandhamal	Odisha
33	V Chandrasekhar Naidu	Berhampur	Odisha
34	Madhu Yashki Goud	Nizamabad	Telangana
35	M Anjan Kumar Yadav	Secunderabad	Telangana
36	Firoz Khan	Hyderabad	Telangana
37	Dr Ch Vamshichand Reddy	Mahabubnagar	Telangana
38	Dr Mallu Ravi	Nagarkurnool	Telangana
39	N Uttam Kumar Reddy	Nalgonda	Telangana
40	Komatireddy Venkat Reddy	Bhongir	Telangana
41	Dommati Sambaiah	Warangal	Telangana
42	Harendra Agarwal	Meerut	Uttar Pradesh
43	Dolly Sharma	Ghaziabad	Uttar Pradesh
44	Bansi Lal Pahadia	Bulandshahr	Uttar Pradesh
45	Priya Roy Chowdhury	Coochbehar	West Bengal
46	Mohan Lal Basumata	Alipurduars	West Bengal
47	Mani Kumar Darnal	Jalpaiguri	West Bengal
48	Shankar Malakar	Darjeeling	West Bengal
49	Deepa Dasmunshi	Raiganj	West Bengal
50	Sadik Sarkar	Balurghat	West Bengal
51	Isha Khan Chowdhury	Maldaha Uttar	West Bengal
52	Abu Hasem Khan Chowdhury	Maldaha Dakshin	West Bengal
53	Abhijit Mukherjee	Jangipur	West Bengal
54	Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury	Baharampur	West Bengal
55	Abu Hena	Murshidabad	West Bengal
56	M Hamdullah Sayeed	Lakshadweep	Lakshadweep

Sixth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Ramana Kumari Pedada	Visakhapatnam	Andhra Pradesh
2	Naraharasetti Narsimha Rao	Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
3	J Lakshmi Narasimha Yadav	Nandyal	Andhra Pradesh

Seventh list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Atal Shrivastav	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh
2	Bholaram Sahu	Rajnandgaon	Chhattisgarh
3	Pramod Dubey	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
4	Dhanendra Sahu	Mahasamund	Chhattisgarh
5	Vikramaditya Singh	Udhampur	Jammu and Kashmir
6	Raman Bhalla	Jammu	Jammu and Kashmir
7	Vinayak Bangade	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
8	Vilas Keshavrao Autade	Jalna	Maharashtra
9	Subhash Zambad	Aurangabad	Maharashtra
10	Suresh Kashinath Taware	Bhiwandi	Maharashtra
11	Machhlindra Kamant	Latur	Maharashtra
12	Samarendra Mishta	Bolangir	Odisha
13	Saptagiri Ulka	Koraput	Odisha
14	Dr K Jayakumar	Tiruvallur	Tamil Nadu
15	Dr A Chellakumar	Krishnagiri	Tamil Nadu
16	Dr MK Vishnu Prasad	Arani	Tamil Nadu
17	Selvi Jothi Mani	Karur	Tamil Nadu
18	Su Thirunnavukkarasar	Tiruchirapalli	Tamil Nadu
19	EVKS Elangovan	Theni	Tamil Nadu
20	Manickam Tagore	Virudhunagar	Tamil Nadu
21	H Vasanthakumar	Kanniyakumari	Tamil Nadu
22	Renuka Choudhary	Khammam	Telangana
23	Subal Bhowmick	Tripura West	Tripura
24	Pragya Deb Burman	Tripura East	Tripura
25	Naseemuddin Siddiqui	Bijnor	Uttar Pradesh
26	Imran Pratapgarhiya	Moradabad	Uttar Pradesh
27	Trilokiram Diwakar	Hathras	Uttar Pradesh
28	Preeta Harit	Agra	Uttar Pradesh
29	Raj Babbar	Fatehpur Sikri	Uttar Pradesh
30	Praveen Aron	Bareilly	Uttar Pradesh
31	Virendra Kumar Verma	Hardoi	Uttar Pradesh
32	Bal Kunwar Patel	Banda	Uttar Pradesh
33	Girish Chand Pasi	Kaushambi	Uttar Pradesh
34	V Vaithilingam	Puducherry	Puducherry

Eighth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Prakash Hukkeri	Chhikodi	Karnataka
2	Virupakshi S Sadhunnavar	Belgaum	Karnataka
3	Veena Kashappanavar	Bagalkot	Karnataka
4	Mallikarjun Kharge	Gulbarga	Karnataka
5	BV Nayak	Raichur	Karnataka
6	Eshwar Khandre B	Bidar	Karnataka
7	Rajashekhar Hitnal	Koppal	Karnataka
8	US Ugrappa	Bellary	Karnataka
9	DR Patil	Haveri	Karnataka
10	Shamanur Shivashankarappa	Davanagere	Karnataka
11	Mithun Rai	Dakshina Kannada	Karnataka
12	BN Chandrappa	Chitradurga	Karnataka
13	Vijayshankar	Mysore	Karnataka
14	R Dhruva Narayana	Chamarajanagar	Karnataka
15	DK Suresh	Bengaluru Rural	Karnataka
16	Rizwn Arshad	Bengaluru Central	Karnataka
17	Dr M Veerappa Moily	Chikkballapur	Karnataka
18	KH Muniyappa	Kolar	Karnataka
19	Kiran Ahirwar	Tikamgarh	Madhya Pradesh
20	Kavita Singh	Khajuraho	Madhya Pradesh
21	Pramila Singh	Shahdol	Madhya Pradesh
22	Madhu Bhagat	Balaghat	Madhya Pradesh
23	Shailendra Diwan	Hoshangabad	Madhya Pradesh
24	Digvijaya Singh	Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
25	Meenakshi Natarajan	Mandsour	Madhya Pradesh
26	Kanti Lal Bhuria	Ratlam	Madhya Pradesh
27	Ramu Tekam	Betul	Madhya Pradesh
28	Ashok Chavan	Nanded	Maharashtra
29	O Nabakishore Singh	Inner Manipur	Manipur
30	K James	Outer Manipur	Manipur
31	Pritam Singh	Tehri Garhwal	Uttarakhand
32	Manish Khanduri	Garhwal	Uttarakhand
33	Pradeep Tamta	Almora	Uttarakhand
34	Harish Rawat	Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar	Uttarakhand
35	Ambrish Kumar	Hardwar	Uttarakhand
36	Rashid Alvi	Amroha	Uttar Pradesh
37	Mahesh Pathak	Mathura	Uttar Pradesh
38	Kunwar Survaraj Singh	Aonla	Uttar Pradesh

Ninth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Mohd Javed	Kishanganj	Bihar
2	Tariq Anwar	Katihar	Bihar
3	Uday Singh (Pappu Singh)	Purnia	Bihar
4	Haji Farooq Mir	Baramulla	Jammu and Kashmir
5	BK Hariprasad	Bangalore South	Karnataka
6	Hidayat Patel	Akola	Maharashtra
7	Kishore Uttamrao Gajbhiye	Ramtek	Maharashtra
8	Suresh Dhanorkar	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
9	Subhash Wankhede	Hingoli	Maharashtra
10	Karti Chidambaram	Sivaganga	Tamil Nadu

Tenth list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Sanjay Nirupam	Mumbai North West	Maharashtra
2	Intaj Ali Shah	Krishnanagar	West Bengal
3	Minati Biswas	Ranagaon	West Bengal
4	Sourav Prasad	Bangaon	West Bengal
5	Md Alam	Barrackpur	West Bengal
6	Saurav Saha	Dum Dum	West Bengal
7	Subrota (Rashu) Dutta	Barasat	West Bengal
8	Quazi Abdur Rahim	Basirhat	West Bengal
9	Tapan Mondal	Jaynagar	West Bengal
10	Krittibas Sardar	Mathurapur	West Bengal
11	Soumya Aich Roy	Diamond Harbour	West Bengal
12	Mita Chakraborty	Kolkata Dakshin	West Bengal
13	Suvra Ghosh	Howrah	West Bengal
14	Shoma Ranishree Roy	Uluberia	West Bengal
15	Debabrata Biswas	Sreerampur	West Bengal
16	Pratul Saha	Hooghly	West Bengal
17	Jyoti Das	Arambag	West Bengal
18	Dipak Kumar Das	Kanthi	West Bengal
19	Jagyeswar Hembram	Jhargram	West Bengal
20	Sambhunath Chatterjee	Medinipur	West Bengal
21	Nepal Mahato	Purulia	West Bengal
22	Narayan Chandra Khan	Bishnupur	West Bengal
23	Sidhhartha Majumdar	Bardhaman Purba	West Bengal
24	Ranajit Mukherjee	Bardhaman Durgapur	West Bengal
25	Abhijit Saha	Bolpur	West Bengal
26	Imam Hussain	Birbhum	West Bengal

Eleventh list of Congress candidates for 2019 Lok Sabha elections

SL No.	Candidate	Constituency	State
1	Pratima Chandrakar	Durg	Chhattisgarh
2	Girish Chodankar	North Goa	Goa
3	Francisco Sardinha	South Goa	Goa
4	Ketan Patel	Daman and Diu	Daman and Diu
5	Krishna Byre Gowda	Bangalore North	Karnataka