Trinamool Congress releases list of its candidates for Lok Sabha election

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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a list of TMC candidates for the 42 Lok Sabha seats of the state. 

Announcing the list, Mamata said that six sitting MPS will not contest the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and will work for the organisation. She also said that this time, at least 41 per cent nominees of Trinamool Congress candidates will be women. "Trinamool Congress will field 41 per cent female candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. This is a proud moment for us." 

This year, the party will also contest seats in Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Andaman, said the TMC supremo. 

Take a look at Trinamool Congress candidates list for 42 seats: 

1. Coochbehar: Sri Paresh Chandra Adhikary
2. Alipurduar: Sri Dasrath Tirkey
3. Jaipaiguri: Sri Bijoy Chandra Barman
4. Darjeeling: Sri Amar Singh Rai 
5. Raiganj: Sri Kanaia Lal Agarwal
6. Balurghat: Sri Arpita Ghosh
7. Maldaha Uttar Smt. Mausam Noor
8. Maldaha Dakshin: Dr. Moazzem Hossain
9. Jangipur: Janab Khalilur Rahaman
10. Baharampur: Sri Apurba Sarkar
11. Murshidabad: Janab Abu Taher
12. Krishnagar: Ms. Mahua Moitra
13. Ranaghat: Smt. Rupali Biswas
14. Bongaon: Smt. Mamatabala Thakur
15. Barrackpore: Sri Dinesh Trivedi
16. Dum Dum: Prof. Saugata Ray
17. Barasat: Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
18. Basirhat: Nusrat Jahan
19. Joynagar (SC): Smt. Pratima Mondal
20. Mathurapur (SC): Sri CM Jatua
21. Diamond Harbour: Sri Abhishek Banerjee
22. Jadavpur: Ms. Mimi Chakraborty
23. Kolkata Dakshin: Smt. Mala Roy
24. Kolkata Uttar: Sri Sudip Bandyopadhyay
25. Howrah: Sri Prasun Banerjee
26. Uluberia: Sajda Ahmed
27. Serampore: Sri Kalyan Banerjee
28. Hooghly (SC): Dr. Ratna De (Nag)
29. Arambagh: Smt Aparupa Podda
30. Tamluk: Sri Dibyendu Adhikari
31. Kanthi:  Sri Sisir Adhikari
32. Ghatal (ST): Sri Deepak Adhikari (Dev)
33. Jhargram: Mr. Birbaha Soren
34. Medinipur: Dr. Manas Bhuina
35. Purulia (SC): Dr. Mriganka Mahato
36. Bankura: Sri Subrata Mukherjee
37. Bishnupur (SC): Sri Shymal Santra
38. Bardhaman Purba (SC): Sri Sunil Kumar Mondal
39. Asansol: Sreemati Dev Verma (Moon Moon Sen)
40. Bardhaman-Durgapur: Dr. Mamtaz Sanghamitra
41. Bolpur (SC): Sri Asit Mal
42. Birbhum: Smt. Satabdi Roy

Attacking the Narendra Modi-led government, Mamata said that she had information that VVIPs were using choppers and chartered flights to transport money to distribute among voters 'as a bribe'.

Lok Sabha election in West Bengal will begin on April 11 and polling would be held in seven phases till May 19, followed by the counting which would take place on May 23, the Election Commission on Sunday. 
The Trinamool presently represents 32 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats.