Chhattisgarh Election BJP Candidates Full List Released: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (August 17) released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh state assembly election which is scheduled later this year. The names were decided at the BJP’s Central Election Committee meeting on Wednesday which was chaired by party chief J P Nadda and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah among other senior leaders.

The saffron party has fielded Lok Sabha MP Vijay Baghel from Patan, Bhulan Singh Maravi from Premnagar, Laxmi Rajwade from Bhatgaon, Shakuntala Singh Porthe from Pratappur (ST), Sarla Kosaria from Saraipali (SC), among others.

The Central Election Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday (October 9) released the second list of 55 candidates for the upcoming Chhatisgarh Assembly Elections 2023 which is scheduled to take place on November 7 this year. Chattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases – first on November 7 and then on November 17.

Chhattisgarh full list of BJP candidates and constituencies:

Premnagar – Bhulan Singh Maravi
Bhatgaon – Laxmi Rajwade
Pratappur (ST) – Shakuntala Singh Porthe
Ramanujganj (ST) – Ramvichar Netam
Lundra (ST) – Praboj Bhin
Kharsia – Mahesh Sahu
Dharamjaigarh (ST) – Harishchandra Rathia
Korba – Lakhanlal Dewangan
Marwahi (ST) – Pranav Kumar Marpachhi
Saraipali (SC) – Sarla Kosaria
Khallari – Alka Chandrakar
Abhanpur – Indrakumar Sahu
Rajim – Rohit Sahu
Sihawa (ST) – Shrawan Markam
Daundi Lohara (ST) – Devlal Halwa Thakur
Patan – Vijay Baghel, MP
Khairagarh – Vikrant Singh
Khujji – Geeta Ghasi Sahu
Mohla-Manpur (ST) – Sanjeev Saha
Kanker (ST) – Asharam Netam
Bastar (ST) – Maniram Kashyap

Bharatpur-Sonhat (ST)- Renuka Singh, MP
Manendragarh- Shyam Bihari Jaiswal
Baikunthpur- Bhaiyyalal Rajwade
Samri (SC)- Udheshwari Paikra
Sitapur (SC)- Ram Kumar Toppo
Jashpur (SC)- Raimuni Bhagat
Kunkuri (SC)- Vishnu Dev Sai
Pathalgaon (ST)- Gomti Sai, MP
Lailunga (SC)- Suniti Satyanand Rathiya
Raigarh- O.P. Chaudhary, (Former IAS)
Sarangarh (SC)- Shivkumari Chauhan
Rampur (ST)- Nankiram Kanwar

Katghora- Premchandra Patel
Pali – Tanakhar (ST) – Ramdayal Uikey
Kota- Prabal Pratap Singh Judev
Lormi- Arun Sao, MP
Mungeli (SC)- Punnulal Mohale
Takhatpur- Dharamjeet Singh
Bilha- Dharamlal Kaushik
Bilaspur-Amar Agarwal
Masturi (SC)- Krishnamurthy Bandi
Akaltara- Saurabh Singh
Janjgir-Champa- Narayan Prasad Chandel
Sakti- Khilavan Sahu

Chandrapur- Bahu Rani Sanyogita Singh Judev
Jaijaipur- Krishnakant Chandra
Pamgarh (SC)- Santosh Lahare
Basna- Sampat Agarwal
Mahasamund- Yogeshwar Raju Sinha
Bilaigarh (SC)- Dr Dineshlal Jagade
Baloda Bazaar- Tankaram Verma
Bhatapara- Shivratan Sharma
Dharsiwa- Anuj Sharma

Raipur Rural – Motilal Sahu
Arang (SC) – Khushwant Singh
Bindrawagarh (ST) – Govardhan Ram Manjhi
Kurud – Ajay Chandrakar
Dhamtari – Ranjana Dipendra Sahu
Sanjari Balod – Rakesh Yadav
Gunderdehi – Virendra Kumar Yadav
Durg City – Gajendra Yadav
Bhillai Nagar – Premprakash Pandey
Vaishali Nagar – Shri Rikesh Sen
Ahiwara (SC) – Doman Lal Korsevada
Saja – Ishwar Sahu
Navagarh (SC) – Dayaldaas Baghel
Kawardha – Vijay Sharma
Dongargarh (SC) – Vinod Khandekar
Rajnandagaon – Dr Raman Singh
Dongargaon – Bharat Lal Verma
Antagarh – Vikram Usendi

Raipur city west – Rajesh Munat
Raipur city south – Brijmohan Agarwal
Raipur city north – Purandar Mishra
Bhanupratappur – Gautam Uikey
Keshkal – Neelkanth Tekam
Kondagaon – Sushree Lata Usendi
Narayanpur – Kedar Kashyap
Jagdalpur – Kiran Singh Deo
Chitrakot – Vinayak Goyal
Dantewada – Chetaram Arami
Bijapur – Mahesh Gagada
Konta – Soyam Muka

Ambikapur – Rajesh Agarwal
Beltara – Sushant Shukla
Kasdol – Dhaniram Dhivar
Bemetara – Dipesh Sahu
Pandariya – Bhavna Bohra

In the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP had won only 15 of the 90-member Assembly and Congress won 68 seats. Besides Chhattisgarh, states like Madhya Pradesh Rajasthan, Telangana, and Mizoram also are scheduled to go to polls later this year.