Congress Party Releases the First List for Lok Sabha Election 2024: Rahul Gandhi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Shashi Tharoor Among 39 Candidates

The Indian National Congress (INC) has released its initial list of candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, consisting of 39 seats. The list includes prominent names like former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, ex-Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, and AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal.

As per the party sources, further candidate selection for the remaining seats may be determined after seat-sharing discussions within the INDIA bloc. This announcement comes nearly a week after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 195 candidates.

The list includes 6 candidates from Chhattisgarh,  7 candidates from Karnataka, 16 from Kerala, 1 from Lakshadweep, 2 from Meghalaya, 1 from Nagaland, 1 from Sikkim, 4 from Telangana, and 1 from Tripura.

Key Points from the Congress Party First List

• Rahul Gandhi to contest from Wayanad Seat.
• Congress leader Dr. Shashi Tharoor will contest from Thiruvananthapuram.
• The former Chief Minister of Chattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel, will contest from Rajnandgao.
• The former Home Minister of Chattisgarh will fight the election from Mahasumund.
• K.C.  Venugopal, General Secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) to contest from Alappuzha.
• Senior Congress Leader, Jyotsna Mahant will contest from Korba.
• Out of 39 candidates revealed, 15 are from the General category, and 24 are from SC, ST, OBC, and minority groups.
• 12 candidates are below 50 years of age;  8 candidates are in the age group of 50-60; 12 are in the age group 61-70; 7 candidates are in the age group 71-76;

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Check out Congress’s first list of candidates, along with their respective constituencies.

Chhattisgarh

Jangrir-Champa (SC): Shivkumar Dahariya

Korba: Jyotsana Mahant

Rajnandgaon: Bhupesh Baghel

Durg: Rajendra Sahu

Raipur: Vikas Upadhayay

Mahasamund: Tamrdhwaj Sahu

Karnataka

Bijapur (SC): H. R. Algur

Haveri: Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Math

Shivamogga: Geetha Shivarajkumar

Hassan: Shreyas Patel

Tumkur: S. P. Muddahanumegowda

Mandya: Venkataramegowda (Star Chandru)

Bangalore Rural: D. K. Suresh

Kerala
Kasaragod: Rajmohan Unnithan

Kannur: K. Sudhakaran

Vadakara: Shafi Parambil

Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi

Kozhikode: M. K. Raghavan

Palakkad: V. K. Sreekandan

Alathur (SC): Ramya Haridas

Thrissur: K Muraleedharan

Chalakudy: Benny Behanan

Ernakulam: Hibi Eden

Idukki: Dean Kuriakose

Alappuzha: K. C. Venugopal

Mavelikkara (SC): K. Suresh

Pathanamthitta: Anto Antony

Attingal: Adoor Prakash

Thiruvananthapuram: Shashi Tharoor

Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep (ST): Mohd Hamdullaha Sayeed

Meghalaya
Shillong (ST): Vincent H Pala

Tura (ST): Saleng A Sangma

Nagaland
Nagaland: S Supongmeren Jamir

Sikkim
Sikkim: Gopal Chettri

Telangana
Zahirabad: Suresh Kumar Shetkar

Nalgonda: Raghuveer Kunduru

Mahbubnagar: Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy

Mahabubabad (ST): Balram Naik Porika

Tripura
Tripura West: Ashish Kumar Saha

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