THE CENTRAL Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday (March 23), finalised the names of party candidates for the states of Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Orissa. A meeting held under the chairmanship of president Rajnath Singh and in the presence of prime ministerial candidate, LK Advani finalised the list of candidates.
BJP also said that it has entered into strategic tie-ups with regional parties in the North East and such will support their candidates. The party said it will support Nagaland People Front (NPF) candidate in Nagaland as both these parties have announced pre-poll alliance and are partners in Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (DAN) government.
In Meghalaya, BJP decided to support United Democratic Party (UDP) candidate in Shillong constituency and strong non-Congress candidate in Tura in the larger National interests.
Name of states Constituency No and Name Name of the Candidates
Kerala 2 Kannur P.P. Karunakaran Master
Kerala 6 Malappuram Adv. N. Aravindan
Kerala 10 Thrissur Smt. Adv. Rema Reghunandan
Kerala 14 Kottayam Adv. K. Narayanan Namboothiri
Kerala 20 Trivandrum P.K. Krishnadas
Orissa 13 Kandhmal Ashok Sahu
Orissa 19 Aska Smt. Shanti Devi
Orissa 21 Koraput (ST) Upendra Majhi
Andhra Pradesh 4 Nizamabad Dr. J. Bapi Reddy
Andhra Pradesh 9 Hyderabad Satish Agarwal
Andhra Pradesh 16 Mahabubabad (ST) Banothu Dileep Naik
Andhra Pradesh 17 Khammam Kapilvai Ravinder
Andhra Pradesh 33 Ongole Mandava Vasadeva
Andhra Pradesh 36 Anantapur Ambati Ramakrishna Reddy
Andhra Pradesh 41 Rajampet Dr. A. Harinath Reddy
Maharashtra 1 Nandurbar (ST) Dr. Suhas Natawadkar
Maharashtra 2 Dhule Prataprao Sonawane
Maharashtra 3 Jalgaon A.T. Patil
Maharashtra 8 Wardha Suresh Waghmare
Maharashtra 11 Bhandara—Gondiya Shishupal Patle
Maharashtra 13 Chandrapur Hansraj Ahir
Maharashtra 16 Nanded Sambhaji Rao Pawar
Maharashtra 34 Pune Anil Shirole
Maharashtra 37 Ahmednagar Dilip Gandhi
Manipur 2 Outer Manipur (ST) D. Loli Adanee
Uttar Pradesh 22 Etah Dr. Shyam Singh Shakya
Uttar Pradesh 36 Rae Bareli R.V. Singh
Uttar Pradesh 37 Amethi Pradeep Singh
Uttar Pradesh 38 Sultanpur Surajbhan Singh