New Delhi, Nov 08: Following is the first list of 73 Congress candidates for assembly elections in Chhattisgarh: Name of Constituency --- Selected candidates

1. Mahendragarh (ST) -- Gulab Singh
2. Baikunthpur -- Dr Ramchandra Singh Deo
3. Premnagar (ST) -- Tuleshwar Singh
4. Surajpur (ST) -- Bhanu Pratap Singh
5. Pal (ST) -- Ram Sagar Ram
6. Samri (ST) --- Maheshwar Paikra
7. Lundra (ST) --- Ram Dev Ram
8. Pilkha (ST) --- Dr Prem Sai Singh
9. Ambikapur (ST) --- Madan Lal Kuzur
10. Jashpur (ST) --- Vikram Bhagat
11. Tapkara (ST) --- Mohan Sai
12. Pathalgaon (ST) --- Rampukar Singh
13. Dharamjaigarh (ST) --- Chanesh Ram Rathia
14. Raigarh --- Krishan Kumar Gupta
15. Kharsia --- Nand Kumar Patel
16. Saria --- Dr Shankrajit Nayak
17. Rampur (ST) --- Pyare Lal Kanwar
18. Katghora --- Bodh Ram Kanwar
19. Tanakhar (ST) --- Ram Dayal Uike
20. Mungeli (SC) --- Chandrabhan Barmate
21. Jarhagaon (SC) --- Churavan Mangeshkar
22. Bilaspur --- Anil Tah
23. Bilha --- Siyaram Kaushik
24. Masturi (SC) --- Madan Singh Daheria
25. Sipat --- Ramesh Kaushik
26. Akaltara --- Ramadhar Kashyap
27. Pamgarh --- Mahant Ram Sundar Das Tiwari
28. Champa --- Motilal Devangan
29. Sakti --- Manharan Rathore
30. Malkharoda (SC) --- Chain Singh Samle
31. Chandrapur --- Smt. Rashmi Gabhel
32. Raipur town --- Gajraj Pagaria
33. Raipur rural --- Tarun Chatterjee
34. Abhanpur --- Dhanedra Sahu
35. Mandirhasod --- Styanarayan Sharma
36. Dharsiwa --- Smt. Chaya Verma
37. Bhatapara --- Chait Ram Sahu
38. Pallari (SC) --- Dr Shiv Kumar Dahariya
39. Kasdol --- Raj Kamal Singhania
40. Rajim --- Amitesh Shukla
41. Bindranawagarh (ST) --- Om Kar Shah
42. Saraipali --- Devendra Bahadur Singh
43. Basna --- Mahendra Bahadur Singh
44. Mahasamund --- Agni Chandrakar
45. Sihawa (ST) --- Madhav Singh Dhruve
46. Kurud ---- Smt. Deepa Sahu
47. Dhamtari --- Gurmukh Singh Hora
48. Bhanupratappur (ST) ---- Manoj Singh Mandavi
49. Kanker (ST) --- Smt. Shyama Durve
50. Narayanpur (ST) --- Mantu Ram Pawar
51. Keskal (ST) --- Smt. Phulodevi Netam
52. Kondagaon (ST) --- Shankar Sodi
53. Bhanpuri (ST) --- Anturam Kashyap
54. Jagdalpur (ST) --- Jhitaru Ram Baghel
55. Keslur (ST) --- Mannu Ram Kachh
56. Chitrakote (ST) --- Smt. Pratibha Shah
57. Dantewara (ST) --- Mahendra Karma
58. Konta (ST) ---- Kawasi Lakhma
59. Bijapur (ST) --- Rajendra Pamphoi
60. Maro (SC) ---- Derhu Prasad Dhritlahare
61. Saja --- Ravinder Chaube
62. Durg --- Arun Vora
63. Bhilai --- Badrudin Qureshi
64. Dondi lohara (ST) --- Domendra Bhendia
65. Khujji --- Bhola Ram Sahu
66. Dongaragaon --- Smt. Gita Devi Singh
67. Dongargarh (SC) --- Dhanesh Patila
68. Khairagarh --- Devbrat Singh
69. Birendranagar --- Mohd Akbar
70. Kawardha --- Yogi Raj Singh