Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: Congress releases second list of 37 candidates

Congress on Saturday evening released a list of 37 candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2018.

This is the second list that Congress has released for Chhattisgarh. 

According to a party statement, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Bhupesh Baghel will contest from the Patan assembly constituency. Baghel was embroiled in an alleged sex CD scandal involving a state minister.

TS Singh Deo, the Congress Legislature Party leader, will contest from Ambikapur, while former Union Minister Charan Das Mahant will contest from Sakti.

The Congress is seeking to oust the BJP, which has been governing the state since 2003, from power this time.

Assembly election in the state will be held in two phases. 

A total of 18 assembly seats in the Naxalism-hit areas will go to polls in the first phase of polling on November 12. The second phase of polling for the remaining seats 72 will be held on November 20 and results will be out on December 11.

Following is the complete list of candidates released by Congress till now: 

No. of Constituency	Name of Constituency	Selected Candidates
2	Dr Vinay Jaiswal	Manendragarh
4	Khelsai Singh	Premnagar
5	Paras Nath Rajwade	Bhatgaon
6	Premsai Singh Tekaam	Pratappur
7	Brihaspati Singh	Ramanujganj
10	TS Singh Deo	Ambikapur
11	Amarjeet Bhagat	Sitapur
12	Vinay Kumar Bhagat	Jashpur
13	Uttam Dan Minj	Kunkuri
14	Rampukar Singh	Pathalgaon
17	Smt. Uttari Jangde	Sarangarh
18	Umesh Patel	Kharsia
19	Laaljit Singh Rathia	Dharamjaigarh
20	Shyamlal Kanwar	Rampur
21	Jaisingh Agrawal	Korba
24	Gulaab Singh Raj	Marwahi
26	Shatrugan Lal Chandrakar	Lormi
27	Rakesh Patre	Mungeli
32	Dilip Lahariya	Masturi
33	Chunni Lal Sahu	Akaltara
35	Charan Das Mahant	Sakti
36	Ram Kumar Yadav	Chandrapur
44	Ms. Shakuntala Sahu	Kasdol
46	Sunil Maheshwari	Bhatapara
48	Satyanarayan Sharma	Raipur Rural
49	Vikas Upadhyay	Raipur City West
52	Dr Shiv Kumar Dahria	Arang
53	Dhanendra Sahu	Abhanpur
54	Amitesh Shukla	Rajim
55	Sanjay Netam	Bindranawargarh
62	Bhupesh Baghel	Patan
63	Ms. Pratima Chandrakar	Durf-Rural
64	Arun Vora	Durg City
65	Devendra Yadav	Bhilai Nahar
67	Guru Rudra Kumar	Ahiwara
68	Ravindra Chaubey	Saja
72	Mohammad Akbar	Kawardha
79	Antagarh	Anoop Naag
80	Bhanupratappur	Manoj Singh Mandavi
81	Kanker	Shishu Pal Sori
82	Keshkal	Santram Netam
83	Kondagaon	Mohan Lal Markam
84	Narayanpur	Chandan Kashyap
85	Bastar	Lakheshwar Baghel
86	Jagdalpur	Rekhchand Jain
87	Chitrakot	Deepak Kumar Baij
88	Dantewada	Ms Devati Karma
89	Bijapur	Vikram Shah Mandavi
90	Konta	Kawasi Lakhma

Earlier, Congress had released the first list of 12 candidates for Chhattisgarh. 

The terms of Chhattisgarh will end on January 5, 2019.