Almost two weeks after Assembly election dates were announced, Congress on Saturday released its first list of 33 candidates of the 200 seats in the Rajasthan Assembly. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot will be contesting from Sardarpura seat and his former deputy Sachin Pilot from Tonk.
Of the 33 names, 29 are of sitting MLAs. The remaining four had contested from the same seats in 2018, but lost to the BJP. The four seats where the losing candidates from 2018 have been accommodated include Mundawar, Malviya Nagar, Sanganer and Mandalgarh.
Speaker C P Joshi will contest from his Nathdwara assembly seat, while the party’s state unit president, Govind Singh Dotasra, has been fielded from Lachhmangarh.
Minister Harish Chaudhary will contest from Baytoo and Mamata Bhupesh from the Sikrai-SC seat.
The Congress is yet to declare candidates on a majority seats as its Central Election Committee will meet on Sunday to finalise names for more seats.
Elections to the 200-member assembly will be held on November 25, and the counting of votes will be on December 3.