Lok Sabha polls: Congress releases first list of 39 Lok Sabha candidate; party says “priority is to win maximum number of seats”

March 9, 2024

The Congress released its first list of 39 candidates for Lok Sabha elections on Friday with party General Secretary KC Venugopal asserting that his party’s priority is to win the maximum number of Lok Sabha seats.

“Our priority is to win the maximum number of Lok Sabha seats to defeat PM Modi in the next elections. Our target is to win the maximum number of parliament seats for the Congress party,” Venugopal told.

The names have been announced for Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshwadeep, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Telangana, and Tripura.

Of the total 39 candidates announced, 16 are from Kerala, seven from Karnataka and six from Chhattisgarh, four from Telangana. Two from Meghalaya and one each from Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim and Lakshdaweep.

Congress General Secretary KC Venugopal informed that senior party leader Rahul Gandhi will again contest from the Wayanad constituency, the seat won by him in 2019.  Among the 39 candidates announced, 15 belong to the general caste, while 24 hail from SC/ST/minorities.

List of Candidates

Chhattisgarh:

• Jangrir-Champa (SC): Shivkumar Dahariya
• Korba: Jyotsana Mahant
• Rajnandgaon: Bhupesh Baghel
• Durg: Rajendra Sahu
• Raipur: Vikas Upadhayay
• Mahasamund: Tamrdhwaj Sahu

Karnataka:

• Bijapur (SC): HR Algur
• Haveri: Anandaswamy Gaddadevara Math
• Shivamogga: Geetha Shivarajkumar
• Hassan: Shreyas Patel
• Tumkur: SP Muddahanumegowda
• Mandya: Venkataramegowda (Star Chandru)
• Bangalore Rural: DK Suresh

Kerala:

• Kasaragod: Rajmohan Unnithan
• Kannur: K Sudhakaran
• Vadakara: Shafi Parambil
• Wayanad: Rahul Gandhi
• Kozhikode: MK Raghavan
• Palakkad: VK Sreekandan
• Alathur (SC): Ramya Haridas
• Thrissur: K Muraleedharan
• Chalakudy: Benny Behanan
• Ernakulam: Hibi Eden
• Idukki: Dean Kuriakose
• Alappuzha: KC 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