Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018: BJP releases first list of 177 candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced the first of candidates contesting for Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections 2018. 

The party has announced the names of 177 candidates for 230-member house.

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will contest from his current constituency Budhni. State ministers Narottam Mishra will contest from Datia, Yashodhara Raje Scindia from Shivpuri, Surendra Patwa from Bhojpur, Archana Chitnis from Burhanpur and Jitendra Gehlot from Alot (SC).

The BJP Central Election Committee (CEC) held a long meeting at the party headquarter in New Delhi on Thursday in a bid to finalise the names of contesting candidates.

Polls to the 230-member MP Assembly house will be held on November 28 while the results will be announced on December 11. 

MADHYA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCY
Name of Candidate Constituency	Name of Candidate
Sheopur	Shri Durgalal Vijay
Vijaypur	Shri Sitaram Aadiwasi
Sabalgarh	Smt Sarla Rawat
Joura Shri	Subedar Singh
Sumawali	Shri Ajab Singh Kushwaha
Morena	Shri Rushtam Singh
Ater	Shri Arvind Singh Bhadiriya
Lahar	Shri Rashal Singh
Gohad (SC)	Shri Lalsingh Arya
Gwalior Rural	Shri Bharat Singh Kushwah
Gwalior	Shri Jaibhan Singh Pawaiya
Gwalior East	Shri Satish Sikarwar
Gwalior South	Shri Narayan Singh Kushwah
Sewda	Shri Radhelal Baghel
Datia	Shri Narottam Mishra
Karera (SC)	Shri Rajkumar Khatik
Pohari	Shri Prahlad Bharti
Shivpuri	Smt Yashodhara Raje Scindia
Pichhore	Shri Pritam Lodhi
Bamori	Shri Brijmohan Azad
Guna (SC)	Shri Gopilal Jatav
Chachoura	Smt Mamta Meena
Raghogarh	Shri Bhupendra Raghuvanshi
Ashok Nagar (SC)	Shri Ladduram Kori
Chanderi	Shri Bhupendra Dwivedi
Mungaoli	Shri KP Yadav
Bina (SC)	Shri Mahesh Rai
Khurai	Shri Bhuepndra Singh
Surkhi	Shri Sudhir Yadav
Deori	Shri Teji Singh Rajput
Rehli	Shri Gopal Bhargav
Naryoli (SC)	Shri Pradeep Lariya
Sagar	Shri Shialendra Jain
Banda	Shri Harvansh Rathore
Tikamgarh	Shri Rakesh Giri
Jatara (SC)	Shri Harishankar Khatik
Prithvipur	Shri Abhay Yadav
Khargapur	Shri Rahul Lodhi
Maharajpur	Shri Manvendra Singh
Chandla (SC)	Shri Rajesh Prajapati
Chhatarpur	Smt Archana Singh
Malhara	Smt Lalita Yadav
Damoh	Shri Jayant Malaiya
Hatta (SC)	Shri PL Tantuway
Pawai	Shri Brijendra Pratap Singh
Gunnaor (SC)	Shri Rajesh Verma
Chitrakoot	Shri Surendra Gaharwar
Raigaon (SC)	Shri Jugal Kishore Bagri
Satna	Shri Shankar Lal Tiwari
Nagod	Shri Nagendra Singh
Maihar	Shri Narayan Tripathi
Rampur-Baghelan	Shri Vikram Singh
Sirmour	Shri Divyaraj Singh
Semariya	Shri KP Tripathi
Teonthar	Shri Shyamlal Dwivedi
Mauganj	Shri Pradeep Patel
Deotalab	Shri Girish Goutam
Mangawan (SC)	Shri Panchulal Prajapati
Rewa	Shri Rajendra Shukla
Gurh	Shri Nagendra Singh
Churhat	Shri Shardendu Tiwari
Sidhi	Shri Kedar Nath Shukla
Chitrangi (ST)	Shri Amar Singh
Singrauli	Shri Ramlallu Vaishya
Devsar (SC)	Shri Subhash Verma
Dhauhani (ST)	Shri Kunwar Singh Tekam
Beohari (ST)	Shri Sharad Koul
Jaisinghnagar (ST)	Shri Jaisingh Maravi
Jaitpur (ST)	Smt Manisha Singh
Kotma	Shri Dilip Jaiswal
Pushprajgarh (ST)	Shri Narendra Maravi
Bandhavgarh (ST)	Shri Shivnarayan Singh
Manpur (ST)	Sushree Meena Singh
Vijayraghavgarh	Shri Sanjay Pathak
Murwara	Shri Sandeep Jaiswal
Bahoriband	Shri Pranay Pandey
Bargi	Smt Pratibha Singh
Jabalpur Purba (SC)	Shri Aanchal Sonkar
Jabalpur Cantt	Shri Ashok Rohani
Panagar	Shri Sushil Tiwari (Indu)
Sihora (ST)	Smt Nandini Maravi
Shahpura (ST)	Shri Omprakash Dhurve
Dindori (ST)	Shri Jaisingh Maravi
Mandla (ST)	Shri Devi Singh Sayyam
Baihar (ST)	Smt Anupama Netam
Lanji	Shri Ramesh Bhatere
Paraswada	Shri Ramkishore Kanware
Balaghat	Shri Gourishakar Bisen
Waraseoni	Shri Yogendra Nirmal
Katangi	Shr KD Deshmukh
Barghat (ST)	Shri Kamal Marskole
Seoni	Shri Dinesh Rai (Mun Mun)
Keolari	Shri Rakesh Pal Singh
Gotegaon (SC)	Dr Kailash Jatav
Narsingpur	Shri Jalim Singh Patel
Junnardeo (ST)	Shri Ashish Thakur
Amarwara (ST)	Shri Prem Narayan Thakur
Churai	Shri Ramesh Dubey
Saunsar	Shri Nanabhau Mahod
Chhindwara	Shri Choudhary Chandrabhan Singh
Parasia (SC)	Shri Tarachan Bawariya
Pandhurna (ST)	Shri Tikaram Korachi
Amla (SC)	Dr Yogesh Pandagare
Betul	Shri Hament Khandelwal
Ghoradongri (ST)	Smt Geetabai Uikey
Bhainsdehi (ST)	Shri Mahendra Singh Chouhan
Timarni (ST)	Shri Sanjay Shah
Harda	Shri Kamal Patel
Hoshangabad	Dr Sitasharan Sharma
Sohagpur	Shri Vijaypal Singh
Pipariya (SC)	Shri Thakurdas Nagvanshi
Udaipura	Shri Ramkishan Patel
Bhojpur	Shri Surendra Patwa
Sanchi (SC)	Shri Mudit Shejwar
Silwani	Shri Rampal Singh
Vidisha	Shri Mukesh Tandon
Sironj	Shri Umakant Sharma
Berasia (SC)	Shri Vishnu Khatri
Narela	Shri Vishwas Sarang
Bhopal Dakshin-Paschim	Shri Umashankar Gupta
Bhopal Madhya	Shri Surendra Nath Singh
Huzur	Shri Rameshwar Sharma
Budhni	Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Ashta (SC)	Shri Raghunath Malviya
Ichhawar	Shri Karan Singh Verma
Sehore	Shri Sudesh Rai
Narsinghgarh	Shri Rajyavardhan Singh
Rajgarh	Shri Amar Singh Yadav
Khilchipur	Shri Hajarilal Dangi
Sarangpur (SC)	Shri Kunwar Kothar
Susner	Shri Murali Patidar
Agar (SC)	Shri Manohar Untwal
Dewas	Smt Gayatri Raje Panwan
Hatpipliya	Shri Deepak Joshi
Khategaon	Shri Ashish Sharma
Bagali (ST)	Shri Pahar Singh
Mandhata	Shri Narendra Singh Tomar
Harsud (ST)	Shri Vijay Shah
Khandwa (SC)	Shri Devendra Verma
Pandhana (ST)	Shri Ram Dangore
Nepanagar (ST)	Kum Manju Rajendra Dadu
Burhanpur	Smt Archana Chitnis
Bhikangaon (ST)	Shri Dhul Singh Dabar
Badwah	Shri Hitendra Singh Solanki
Maheshwar (SC)	Shri Bhupendra Arya
Kasrawad	Shri Atmaram Patel
Khargone	Shri Balkrishan Patidar
Bhagwanpura (ST)	Shri Jamna Solanki
Sendhawa (ST)	Shri Antar Singh Arya
Rajpur (ST)	Shri Devi Singh Patel
Pansemal (ST)	Shri Diwan Singh Patel
Badwani (ST)	Shri Prem Singh Patel
Alirajpur (ST)	Shri Nagar Singh Chouhan
Jobat (ST)	Shri Madho Singh Dabar
Thandla (ST)	Shri Kalsingh Bhabar
Sardarpur (ST)	Shri Sanjay Baghel
Gandhwani (ST)	Shri Sardar Meda
Kukshi (ST)	Shri Virendra Baghel
Manawar (ST)	Smt Ranjana Baghel
Dharampuri (ST)	Shri Gopal Kanoje
Dhar	Smt Nina Verma
Badnawar	Shri Bhanwar Singh Shekhawat
Nagada-Khachrod	Shri Dilip Singh Shekhawat
Tarana (SC)	Shri Anil Firojiya
Ghatiya (SC)	Shri Ashok Malviya
Ujjain Uttar	Shri Paras Jain
Ratlam Rural (ST)	Shri Dilip Makwana
Ratlam City	Shri Chetan Kashyap
Sailana (ST)	Shri Narayan Meda
Jaora	Shri Rajendra Pandey
Alot (SC)	Shri Jitendra Gehlot
Mandsour	Shri Yeshpal Singh Sisodiya
Malhargarh (SC)	Shri Jagdish Dewada
Suwasra	Shri Radhey Shyam Patidar
Manasa	Shri Madhav Maru
Neemuch	Shri Dilip Parihar
Jawad Shri	Om Prakash Saklecha