New Delhi, Jan 12: Bharatiya Janta Party on Thursday announced that it will field Sardar Rajender Mohan Cheema for Amritsar parliamentary bye-polls. The seat was vacated after Captain Amarinder Singh resigned prior to assembly elections in Punjab. He had defeated Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in general elections in 2014.
BJP also announced its list for upcoming Legislative Council elections in Uttar Pradesh. BJP announced the decision through its official Twitter handle. The party decided to field Arjun Pathak from Kanpur Graduates Constituency, Jaypal Singh Singh Vyast from Bareiley Moradabad Division Graduates and Devendra Pratap singh from Gorakhpur- Faizabad Division Graduates’ Constituency.
In an earlier development, BJP had announced its list for Upcoming Punjab and Goa Assembly elections. It has decided to field 23 candidates for Punjab Assembly elections while the rest of the seats will be contested by Akali Dal. The list comprises of 17 seats where 5 present MLAs have been fielded again in elections. It also released the list for 29 constituencies for Goa Assembly Elections. The names for rest of the constituencies will be announced later. Both states will go to polls on February 4. The list for elections as follows
PUNJAB LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Sl.
AC No.
AC Name
Name of Candidate
1.
1
Sujanpur
Shri Dinesh Singh Babbu, Sitting MLA
2.
2
Bhoa (SC)
Smt. Seema Kumari, Sitting MLA
3.
3
Pathankot
Shri Ashwani Sharma, Sitting MLA
4.
5
Dina Nagar (SC)
Shri V.D. Dhupad
5.
16
Amritsar West (SC)
Shri Rakesh Gill
6.
17
Amritsar Central
Shri Tarun Chugh
7.
18
Amritsar East
Shri Rajesh Hani
8.
36
Jalandhar North
Shri K.D. Bhandari, Sitting MLA
9.
39
Mukerian
Shri Arunesh Shakar
10.
40
Dasuya
Smt. Sukhjeet Kaur Sahi, Sitting MLA
11.
43
Hoshiarpur
Shri Tikshan Sood
12.
63
Ludhiana Central
Shri Gurudev Sharma Devi
13.
64
Ludhiana West
Shri Kamal Chetli
14.
65
Ludhiana North
Shri Praveen Bansal
15.
76
Firozpur City
Shri Sukhlal Singh “Nannu”
16.
81
Abohar
Shri Arun Narang
17.
111
Rajpura
Shri Harjeet Singh Grewal
GOA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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AC No.
AC Name
Name of Candidate
1.
1
Mandrem
Shri Laxmikant Yeshwant Parsekar, Sitting MLA
2.
2
Pernem (SC)
Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Sitting MLA
3.
3
Bicholim
Shri Rajesh Tulshidas Patnekar
4.
4
Thivim
Shri Kiran Kandolkar, Sitting MLA
5.
5
Mapusa
Shri Francis D’Souza, Sitting MLA
6.
6
Siolim
Shri Dayanand Rayu Mandrekar, Sitting MLA
7.
7
Saligao
Shri Dilip Dnyaneshwar Parulekar, Sitting MLA
8.
8
Calangute
Shri Michael V. Lobo, Sitting MLA
9.
9
Porvorim
Shri Guruprasad Pawaskar
10.
10
Aldona
Shri Glenn Souza Ticlo, Sitting MLA
11.
11
Panaji
Shri Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker, Sitting MLA
12.
12
Taleigao
Shri Dattaprasad Madhukar Naik
13.
13
St. Cruz
Shri Hemant Dinanath Golatkar
14.
14
St. Andre
Shri Ramrao Surya Naik Wagh
15.
15
Cumbharjua
Shri Pandurang Arjun Madkaikar
16.
17
Sanquelim
Dr. Pramod Pandurang Sawant, Sitting MLA
17.
22
Siroda
Shri Mahadev Narayan Naik, Sitting MLA
18.
23
Marcaim
Shri Pradeep Pundalik Shet
19.
24
Mormugao
Shri Milind Sagun Naik, Sitting MLA
20.
25
Vasco-da-Gama
Shri Carlos Jose Luis Almeida, Sitting MLA
21.
26
Dabolim
Shri Mauvin Manuel Godinho
22.
27
Cortalim
Smt. Alina Matanhy Saldanha, Sitting MLA
23.
30
Fatorda
Shri Damodar (Damu) Gajanan Naik
24.
31
Margao
Shri Sharmad Pai Raiturcar
25.
34
Cuncolim
Shri Subhash @ Rajan Kashinath Naik, Sitting MLA
26.
36
Quepem
Shri Prakash Shankar Velip
27.
37
Curchorem
Shri Nilesh Joao Cabral, Sitting MLA
28.
38
Sanvordem
Shri Ganesh Chandru Gaonkar, Sitting MLA
29.
39
Sanguem
Shri Subhash Uttam Phal Dessai, Sitting MLA
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BYE-ELECTION TO THE LOK SABHA
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AC No.
AC Name
Name of Candidate
1.
2
Amritsar
Dr. Sardar Rajendra Mohan Chhina
BIENNIAL ELECTION TO THE UTTAR PRADESH LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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Name of Constituency
Name of Candidate
1.
Kanpur Graduates’
Shri Arun Pathak
2.
Bareilly-Moradabad Division Graduates’
Shri Jaipal Singh Vyast
3.
Gorakhpur-Faizabad Division Graduates’
Shri Devendra Pratap Singh