After the release of names of 20 candidates of AAP to contest election in Lok Sabha election 2014, Congress is the second party to release its first list of candidates contesting in the forthcoming Parliamentary election. Here is the list of candidates along with their constituencies and state from which they will be contesting the election.
The first list of candidates for INC is released and it constitutes 194 names who will be contesting Lok Sabha election. Out of these there are 28 female contestants and as Rahul Gandhi said 35% tickets is given to youth. However Congress following the trend of Vansh Vad had given tickets to many siblings or wife of old politicians inspite of having any base in the constituency. Nilesh Rane, son of Narayan Rane from Ratnagiri, Shruti Chaudhary grand daughter of Banshi Lal, Amita Singh wife of Sanjay Singh are few examples. In the total list candidate name and their relation with old politicians has been mentioned.
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List of Congress candidates contesting for Lok Sabha election 2014
Most probably Congress will be contesting from more than 400 Lok Sabha constituencies in forthcoming election in 2014. Congress have an allies with RJD in Bihar, JMM in Jharkhand, NCP in Maharashtra, RLD in UP and so on. At present a list of 93 candidates has been released from 5 states. These are from the constituency from where INC lost in 2009. Here are the state and constituency wise list of Congress candidates contesting in Lok Sabha election 2014. Some of them are confirmed while some are assumptions.
Congress candidates from Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha election 2014
In Uttar Pradesh Congress is in alliance with Ajit Singh's RLD and has given giben 8 seats to them while at other constituency Congress will be fielding their candidates. The list is as follows.
Amethi - Sri Rahul Gandhi
Rai Bareily - Smt Sonia Gandhi
Farrukhabad - Salman Khurshhed
Kanpur - Sri Prakash Jaiswal
Gonda - Beni Prasad Verma
Saharanpur - Imran Masud
Phulpur - Cricketer Mohammed Kaif
Pilibhit - Sanjay Kapoor
Jaunpur - Famous bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishen
Muzaffernagar - Suraj Singh Verma
Rampur - Kazim Ali Khan alias Naved Miyan
Meerut - Dayanand Gupta
Aligarh - Dr. Bijendra Singh
Agra - Upendra Singh Jatav
Aonla - Salim Iqbal Sherwani
Bareilley - Praveen Singh Aron
Shahjahanpur - Chetram
Kheri - Zafar Ali Naqvi
Dhaurhara - Jitin Prasad
Sitapur - Vaishali Ali
Hardoi - Sarvesh Kumar Jansevak
Mishrikh - Om Prakash Rawat
Unnaon - Anu Tondon
Mohanlalgunj - Narendra Gautam
Sultanpur - Amita Singh
Pratapgarh - Ratna Singh
Akbarpur - Rajaram Pal
Kushinagar - R.P.N. Singh
Salempur - Bhola Pandey
Jalaun - Vijay Chaudhary
Jhansi - Pradeep Jain Aditya
Hamirpur - Jaywant Singh
Banda - Vivek Singh
Fatehpur - Usha Maurya
Barabanki - P.L. Punia
Faizabad - Dr. Nirmal Khatri
Bahraich - Kamal Kishore
Shrawasti - Vinay Kumar Pandey
Basti - Sanjay Jaiswal
Maharajganj - Harshvardhan Singh
Gorakhpur - Ashtabhuja Tiwary
Deoria - Sabha Kunwar Kushwaha
Bansgaon - Dr. Sanjay Kumar
Lalgunj - Balibihari Babu
Azamgarh - Arvind Jaiswal
Ghosi - Rashtra Kunwar Singh
Ballia - Smt Sudha Roy
Ghazipur - Md Maqsood Khan
Bhadohi - Sartaj Imam
Robertsganj - Bhagwati Prasad Chaudhary
Moradabad - Begum Noor Bano
Gautam Buddha Nagar - Ramesh Chand Tomar
Etawah - Smt Hanshmukhi Sankhwar
Kaushambi - Mahendra Gautam
Ambedkar Nagar - Ashok Singh
Kaiserganj - Mukesh Srivastava
Domariaganj - Tarun Patel
Sant Kabir Nagar - Rohit Pandey
Machhlishahar - Tufani Nishad
Mirzapur - Lalitesh Pati Tripathy
List to continue
Congress candidates from Bihar Lok Sabha constituencies in 2014
In Bihar Congress is with alliance with RJD and NCP and will field candidates on 11 constituencies as per seat sharing agreement. Here are the 11 Lok sabha contestants of Congress from Bihar.
Sasaram - Meira Kumar, speaker of Lok Sabha
Kishenganj - Md Ashraful Haque, sitting MP
Supaul - Ranjita Ranjan, wife of convicted Pappu Yadav
Purnia - Amarnath Tiwary
Muzafferpur - Akhilesh Pratap Singh
Gopalganj - Dilip Kumar Majhi
Hajipur - Pratima Kumari
Samastipur - Ashok Ram
Patna Sahib - Raj Kumar Rajan
Aurangabad - Nikhil Kumar
Congress candidates from Kerala Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
Thiruvananthpuram - Shashi Tharoor
Allapuzza - K.C. Venugopal
Kasaragod - T. Siddiqui
Kannur - K. Sudhakaran
Vadakara - Mullapally Ramchandran
Wayanad - M.I. Shanavas
Kozhikode - M.K. Raghvan
Alathur - Sheeba K.A.
Thrissur - K.P. Dhanapalan
Chalakudy - P.C. Chacko
Ernakulam - Prof K.V. Thomas
Idduki - Dean Kuriakose
Mavelikkara - Kodikunnil Suresh
Pathanamthitta - Anto Antony
Attingal - Adv Bindu Krishna
Congress candidates from Jharkhand Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
Ranchi - Subodh Kant Sahay
Godda - Furkan Ansari
Dhanbad - Ajay Dubey
Singhbhum - Chitrasen Sinku
Khunti - Kali Charan Munda
Hazaribag - Saurabh Narayan Singh
Congress candidates from Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
Kangra - ChanderKumar
Mandi - Pratibha Singh
Shimla - Mohan Lal Bragta
Congress candidates from Odisha Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
In 2006 Congress won 6 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha and the party is likely to retain all their winning candidates again.
Bargarh - Sanjoy Bhoi
Sundargarh - Hemanand Biswal
Sambalpur - Amar Nath Pradhan
Balasore - Srikant Jena
Kalahandi - Bhakta Charan Das
Nabarangpur - Pradip Kumar Majhi
Keonjhar - Madhav Sardar
Jajpur - Ashok Das
Dhenkenal - Sudhir Kumar Samal
Bolangir - Sarat Patnaik
Cuttack - Aparajita Mohanty
Puri - Suchitra Mohanty
Bhubneshwar - Bijay Mohanty
Berhampur - Chandra Sekhar Sahoo
Koraput - Dr. Giridhar Gamang
Kandhamal - Harihar Karan
Mayurbhanj - Shyam Sunder Hansdah
List to continue
Congress candidates from Karnataka Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
Karnataka is the only state where survey shows some favorable signs for Congress party. Here are Congress candidates contesting lok sabha election 2014 from Karnataka.
Bengaluru South - Nandan Nilekani Adhar Card fame and former CEO of Infosys.
Bangalore Rural - D.K. Suresh
Bangalore Central - Rizwan Arshad
Dakshin Kannada - Janardan Pujary
Belgaum - Laxmi Hebbalkar, 38 years old, post graduate in Political Science.
Bellary - N Y Hanumanthappa former judge
Bidar - N. Dharam Singh
Gulbarga - Mallikarjun M Kharge, present Railway Minister.
Chikkballapur - M. Veerappa Moily
Kolar - K H Muniyappa
Udupi-Chikmagalur - K Jayaprakash Hegde
Mysore - H Vishwanath
Mandya - Ramya
Chamarajanagar - N Dhruvanarayan
Bijapur - Prakash Rathod
Davangere - S.S. Mallikarjun
Hassan - A. Manju
Tumkur - S.P. Muddahanumegowda
Chikkodi - Prakash B Hukkeri
Bagalkot - Ajay Kumar Sarnaik
Raichur - B.V. Naik
Koppal - Basavalal Hitnal
Shimoga - Manjunath Bhandary against BJP Yedurappa
Chitradurga - Chandrappa
List to continue
Congress candidates from Maharashtra Lok Sabha Constituencies in election 2014
In Maharashtra Congress is in alliance with NCP and this time managed to get 2 more seats after negotiations and out of 48 seats Congress will field candidates at 27 seats leaving 21 for NCP. Here are list of Congress candidates in Lok Sabha election 2014 from Maharashtra.
Mumbai North Central - Priya Dutt
Mumbai North West - Gurudas Kamath
Mumbai North - Sanjay Nirupam
Mumbai South - Milind Deora
Mumbai South Central - Eknath Gaikwad
Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg - Nilesh Rane, son of Narayan Rane
Nandurber - Manik Rao Gavit
Ramtek - Mukul Vasnik
Solapur - Sushil Kumar Shinde, home minister
Dhule - Amrish Bhai Patel
Nagpur - Vilas Muttemwar
Shirdi - Bhausaheb Wakchaure
Sangli - Prateek Patil
Akola - Hidayat Patel
Jalna - Vilas Autade
Hingoli - Rajeev Satev
Gadchiroli-Chimur - Namdeo Usendi
Wardha - Sagar Medhe
Bhiwandi - Vishwanath Patil
Hatkanangale - Kallappa Awade
List to continue
Congress candidates from Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Constituencies in 2014 general election
Guna - Jyotiraditya Scindia
Hoshangabad - Uday Pratap Singh
Chhindwara - Kamal Nath
Ratlam - Kantilal Bhuria
Gwalior - Ashok Singh
Bhind - Bhagirath Prasad
Sagar - Govind Singh Rajput
'Tikamgarh - Dr. Kamleshwar Verma
Damoh - Mahendra Pratap
Khajuraho - Raja Pateria
Rewa - Sunderlal Tiwary
Sidhi - Inderjeet Patel
Shahdol - Rajesh Nandini Singh
Jabalpur - Vivek Tankha
Balaghat - Heena Kaware
Bhopal - P.C. Sharma
Dewas - Sajjan Kumar Verma
Ujjain - Prem Chand Guddu
Mandsour - Meenakshi Natrajan, supposed to be close to Rahul Gandhi
Indore - Satyanarayan Patel
Khargone - Ramesh Patel
Khandwa - Arun Yadav
Betul - Rahul Chaudhary
Morena - Govind Singh
Mandla - Omkar Markam
Hoshangabad - Devendra Patel
List to continue
Congress candidates from Delhi NCT Lok Sabha Constituencies in 2014 general election
Chandni Chowk - Kapil Sibbal
New Delhi - Ajay Makan
East Delhi - Sandeep Dixit
North West Delhi - Krishna Tirath
Haryana Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Out of 10 lok sabha constituencies in Haryana, Congress won 9 last time, in 2014 the candidates contesting will be as follows. Naveen Jindal, a name which emerged in coalgate has been given ticket again.
Kurukshetra - Naveen Jindal
Rohtak - Deependra Singh Hooda, son of Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda
Bhiwani-Mahendragarh - Shruti Chaudhary, grand daughter of Congress leader Bansi Lal
Hisar - Sampat Singh
Karnal - Arvind Sharma
Sonipat - Jagbir Malik
Faridabad - Avtar Singh Bhadana
West Bengal Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
In 2009 Congress was in alliance with Trinmul Congress and got some success winning 6 seats. This time Congress is contesting all alone, however Somen Mitra the sitting MP has joined Congress leaving TMC. Here are candidate list of Congress from West Bengal in 2014 Lok Sabha election.
Kolkata Uttar - Somen Mitra
Diamond Harbour - Md Qumaruzzan Qumar
Cooch Behar - Keshab Ray
Alipurduar - Joseph Munda
Jalpaiguri - Dr. Sukhbilas Verma
Raigunj - Deepa Dasmunshi, sitting MP
Maldah Uttar - Maumam Noor
Maldah Dakshin - Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
Baharampur - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Murshidabad - Abdul Mannan Hossain
Jangipur - Abhijeet Mukherjee, son of President of India, Pranab Mukherjee
Ranaghat - Pratap Roy
Barasat - Rizul Ghosal
Joynagar - Arnab Roy
Uluberia - Asit Mitra
Purulia - Nepal Mahto
Birbhum - Syed Siraj Jimmi
Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014 for North East region
Tripura West - Prof Arunoday Saha
Tripura East - Sachitra Deb Barma
Meghalaya Tura - Deryll William Cheran Momin replacing earlier declared Zenith Sangama
Meghalay Shillong - Vincent H Pala
Inner Manipur - Dr. Thockchom Mienya
Outer Manipur - Thangso Baite
Mizoram - C.L. Ruala
Nagaland - K.V Pusa
Andaman and Nicobar Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Andaman & Nicobar Islands - Kuldeep Rai Sharma
Assam Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Karimganj - Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya, sitting MP
Silchar - Sushmita Dev
Autonomous District - Biren Singh Engti, sitting MP
Barpeta - Ismail Hussain
Guahati - Manas Bora
Tezpur - Bhupen Bora
Kaliabor - Gaurav Gogoi son of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
Jorhat - B.K. Handique
Lakhimpur - Ranee Narah
Dibrugarh - Paban Singh Ghatowar
Dhubri - Md Wajid Ali Choudhary
Nowgong - Smt John Jonali Barua
Chhattisgarh Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Sarguja - Ramdeo Ram
Bilaspur - Karuna Shukla, neice of ex Prime Minister of NDA led Government Atal Bihari Bajpayee.
Raigarh - Arti Singh replacing Dr. Menaka Singh
Korba - Charan Das Mahant, lone sitting MP of Congress from Chhattisgarh
Janjgir-Champa - Premchand Jaisi
Rajnandgaon - Kamleshwar Verma
Durg - Tamradhwaj Sahu
Raipur - Satyanarayan Sharma replacing Chhaya Verma
List to continue
Gujarat Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Gujarat seems to be the toughest state for Congress in this election. The candidates contesting election are
Sabarkanth - Shankar Singh Vaghela
Surendra Nagar - Somabhai Gandalal Patel
Rajkot - Kuvarjibhai Mohanbhai Bavalia
Jamnagar - Vikrambhai Madam
Anand - Bharatbhai Solanki
Dahod - Dr. Prabhaben Taviad
Chhota Udaipur - Naranbhai Rathwa
Valsad - Kishen Bhai Patel
Bardoli - Dr. Tushar Bhai Chaudhary
Bhavnagar - Pravin Rathod
List to continue
Punjab Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Khadoor Sahib - Harminder Singh Gill
Anandpur Sahib - Ravneet Singh Bittu
Sangrur - Vijay Inder Singla
Patiala - Parineet Kaur
List to continue
Rajasthan Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014
Bikaner - Shankar Pannu
Sikar - P.S. Jat
Alwar - Jitender Singh
Barmer - Harish Chaudhary
Kota - Ijyaraj Singh
Chhittorgarh - Dr. Girija Vyas
Udaipur - Raghuvir Singh Meena
Jhunjhunu - Dr. Rajbala Ola
List to continue
Congress list of lok sabha candidates in election 2014 in UT
Chandigarh - Pawan Kumar Bansal
Lakshdweep _ Hamdulla Sayeed
Puducherry - V. Narayanswamy
The entire list will be updated statewise as soon there is any official announcement from Congress Headquarter regarding their candidates contesting in Lok Sabha election 2014.
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