Congress has announced names of candidates for all 230 constituencies for the November 17 elections in Madhya Pradesh. Counting of votes and declaration of results is scheduled for December 3.
Congress has fielded senior party leader Kamal Nath from the Chhindwara seat, while former chief minister Digvijaya Singh’s son Jaivardhan Singh has been fielded from Raghigath. ‘Ramayan’ actor Vikram Mastal has been fielded against Chouhan from the Budhni constituency.
In an update on Wednesday, October 25, Congress announced the change in candidates for four seats – Sumawali, Pipariya (SC), Badnagar and Jaora.
Name of Constituency and Congress Candidates
- Sheopur – Babu Jhandel
- Vijaypur – Ramiwas Rawat
- Sabalgarh – Baijnath Kushwah
- Joura – Pankaj Upadhyay
- Ater – Hemant Katare
- Lahar – Dr. Govind Singh
- Mehgaon – Rahul Bhadauria
- Gwalior – Rural Sahab Singh Gurjar
- Gwalior East – Satish Sikarwar
- Gwalior South – Praveen Pathak
- Bhitarwar – Lakhan Singh Yadav
- Dabra SC – Suresh Raje
- Sewda – Ghanshyam Singh
- Bhander SC – Phool Singh Bariyya
- Datia – Rajendra Bharti
- Karera SC – Pragilal Jatav
- Pohari – Kailash Kushwah
- Shivpuri – K P Singh
- Picchore – Arvind Singh Lodhi
- Kolaras – Baijnath Yadav
- Bamori – Rishi Agarwal
- Chachoura – Lakshman Singh
- Raghogarh – Jaivardhan Singh
- Ashok Nagar SC – Haribabu Rai
- Chanderi – Gopal Singh Chauhan
- Mungaoli – Rao Yadvendra Yadav
- Surkhi – Neeraj Sharma
- Deori – Harsh Yadav
- Naryaoli SC – Surendra Chaudhary
- Banda – Tarwar Singh Lodhi
- Tikamgadh – Yadvendra Singh
- Jatara SC – Smt. Kiran Ahirwar
- Prithvipur – Nitendra Singh Rathore
- Khargapur – Smt. Chanda Singh Gaur
- Maharajpur – Neeraj Dikshit
- Chandla SC – Harprasad Anuragi
- Rajnagar – Vikramt Singh Nati Raja
- Chhatarpur – Alok Chaturvedi
- Bijawar – Charan Singh Yadav
- Malhara – Sadhvi Ram Siya Bharti
- Pathariya – Rao Brajendra Singh
- Jabera – Pratap Singh Lodhi
- Hatta SC – Pradeep Khatik
- Pawai – Mukesh Nayak
- Gunnaor SC – Jeevan Lal Siddharth
- Chitrakoot – Neelanshu Chaturvedi
- Raigaon SC – Ms. Kalpana Verma
- Satna – Siddharth Kushwah
- Nagod – Dr Rashmi Singh Patel
- Amarpatan – Rajendra Kumar Singh
- Teonthar – Ramashankar Singh Patel
- Mauganj – Sukhendra Singh “Banna”
- Mangawan SC – Ms. Babita Saket
- Gurh – Kapidhwaj Singh
- Churhat – Ajay Singh Rahul
- Sihawal – Kamleshwar Patel
- Chitrangi ST – Manik Singh
- Singrauli – Smt. Renu Shah
- Jaitpur ST – Ms. Uma Dhurvey
- Anuppur ST – Ramesh Singh
- Pushprajgarh ST – Fundelal Marko
- Barwara ST – Vijay Raghvendra Singh
- Patan – Neelesh Awasthi
- Bargi – Sanjay Yadav
- Jabalpur Purba SC – Lakhan Gahngahuria
- Jabalpur Uttar – Vinay Saxena
- Jabalpur Paschim – Tarun Bhanot
- Sihora ST – Ms. Ekta Thakur
- Shahpura ST – Bhupendra Maravi
- Dindori ST – Omkar Singh Markam
- Bichhiya ST – Narayan Singh Patta
- Baihar ST -Sanjay Uikey
- Lanji – Ms. Heena Kanware
- Paraswada – Madhu Bhagat
- Balaghat – Anubha Munjare
- Katangi – Bodh Singh Bhagat
- Barghat ST – Arjun Singh Kakodia
- Seoni – Anand Panjwani
- Keolari – Rajneesh Singh
- Lakhnadon ST – Yogendra Singh Baba
- Gotegaon SC – Narmada Prasad Prajapati
- Narsingpur – Lakhan Singh Patel
- Tendukheda – Sanjay Sharma
- Chhindwara – Kamal Nath
- Multai – Sukhdev Panse
- Betul – Nilay Daga
- Ghoradongri ST – Rahul Uike
- Bhainsdehi ST – Dharmu Singh Sirsam
- Timarni ST – Abhijeet Shah
- Harda – Ram Kishore Dogne
- Udaipura – Devendra Patel Gadarwas
- Silwani – Devendra Patel
- Vidisha – Shashank Bhargav
- Basoda – Nishank Jain
- Shamshabad – Sindhu Vikram Singh
- Berasia SC – Smt. Jayshree Harikiran
- Narela – Manoj Shukla
- Bhopal Madhya – Arif Masood
- Budhni – Vikram Mastal
- Ashta SC – Kamal Chauhan
- Sehore – Shashank Saxena
- Rajgadh – Bapu Singh Tanwar
- Khilchipur – Priyvrat Singh
- Susner – Bheru Singh Bapu
- Agar SC – Vipin Wankhede
- Shajapur – Hukum Singh Karada
- Kalapipal – Kunal Chaudhary
- Sonkatch SC – Sajjan Singh Verma
- Hatpipiliya – Rajveer Singh Baghel
- Mandhata – Uttam Pal Singh
- Pandhana ST – Ms. Rupali Bare
- Bikhangaon ST – Smt. Jhuma Solanki
- Badwah – Narendra Patel
- Maheshwar SC – Dr. Vijay Laxmi Sadho
- Kasrawad – Sachin Yadav
- Khargone – Ravi Joshi
- Bhagwanpura ST – Kedar Dawar
- Rajpur ST – Bala Bachchan
- Badwani ST – Rajan Mandloi
- Alirajpur ST – Mukesh Patel
- Jobat ST – Smt. Sena Patel
- Jhabua ST – Dr Vikrant Bhuria
- Thandla ST – Veer Singh Bhuria
- Petlawad ST – Wal Singh Meda
- Sardarpur ST – Pratap Grewal
- Gandhwani ST – Umang Singhar
- Kukshi ST – Surendra Singh Baghel Honey
- Dharampuri ST – Panchilal Meda
- Depalpur – Vishal Patel
- Indore 1 – Sanjay Shukla
- Indore 2 – Chintamani Chaukse Chintu
- Indore 4 – Raja Mandhwani
- Rau – Jitu Patwari
- Sanwer SC – Smt. Reena Baurasi Setiya
- Nagada-Khachrod – Dilip Singh Gurjar
- Mahidpur – Dinesh Jain Boss
- Tarana SC – Mahesh Parmar
- Ghatiya SC – Ramlal Malviya
- Ujjain Uttar – Smt. Maya Rajesh Trivedi
- Sailana ST – Harsh Vijay Gehlot
- Alot SC – Manoj Chawla
- Mandsour – Vipin Jain
- Suwasra – Rakesh Patidar
- Manasa – Narendra Nahata
- Amla-SC Manoj Malve
- Sumawali – Ajab Singh Kushwaha
- Morena – Dinesh Gurjar
- Dimani – Ravindra Singh Tomar
- Ambah SC – Devendra Ramnarayan Sakhwar
- Bhind – Chaudhary Rakesh Chaturvedi
- Gohad SC – Keshav Desai
- Gwalior – Sunil Sharma
- Guna SC – Pankaj Kaneria
- Bina SC – Smt. Nirmala Sapre
- Khurai – Ms. Raksha Rajput
- Rehli – Smt. Eng. Jyoti Patel
- Sagar – Smt. Nidhi Jain
- Niwari – Amit Rai
- Damoh – Ajay Tandon
- Panna – Bharat Milan Pandey
- Maihar – Dharmesh Ghai
- Rampur – Baghelan Ramashankar Pyasi
- Sirmour – Ramgarib Kol
- Semariya – Abhay Mishra
- Deotalab – Padmesh Gautam
- Rewa – Rajendra Sharma
- Sidhi – Gyan Singh
- Devsar SC – Bansmani Prasad Verma
- Dhauhani ST – Smt. Kamlesh Singh
- Beohari ST – Ramlakhan Singh
- Jaisingnagar ST – Narendra Maravi
- Kotma – Sunil Saraf
- Bandhavgarh ST – Ms. Savitri Singh
- Manpur ST – Tilak Raj Singh
- Vijayraghavgarh – Neeraj Baghel
- Murwara – Mithlesh Jain
- Bahoriband – Saurabh Singh
- Jabalpur Cantt – Abhishek Chaukse Chintu
- Panagar – Rajesh Patel
- Niwas ST – Chain Singh Warkade
- Mandla ST – Dr. Ashok Marskole
- Waraseoni – Vicky Patel
- Gadarwara – Smt. Sunita Patel
- Junnardeo ST – Sunil Uikey
- Amarwara ST – Kamlesh Shah
- Churai – Sujeet Mer Singh
- Saunsar – Vijay Chaure
- Parasia SC – Sohan Valmiki
- Pandhurna ST – Nilesh Uike
- Seoni-Malwa – Ajay Balram Patel
- Hoshangabad – Girija Shankar Sharma
- Sohagpur – Pushparaj Singh
- Pipariya SC – Virendra Belvanshi
- Bhojpur – Rajkumar Patel
- Sanchi SC – Dr. G.C. Gautam
- Kurwai SC – Smt. Rani Ahirwar
- Sironj – Gagnendra Raghuvanshi
- Bhopal Uttar – Aatif Aqeel
- Bhopal Dakshin – Paschim P.C. Sharma
- Govindpura – Ravindra Sahu
- Huzur – Naresh Gyanchandani
- Ichhawar – Shailendra Patel
- Narsinghgarh – Girish Bhandari
- Biaora – Purshottam Dangi
- Sarangpur SC – Smt. Kala Mahesh Malviya
- Shujalpur – Ramveer Singh Sikarwar
- Dewas – Pradeep Chaudhary
- Khategaon – Deepak Joshi
- Bagali ST – Gopal Bhonsale
- Harsud ST – Sukhram Salve
- Khandwa SC – Kundan Malviya
- Nepanagar ST – Smt. Gendu Bai Chauhan
- Burhanpur – Surendra Singh Shera
- Sendhawa ST – Montu Solanki
- Pansemal ST – Chandrabhaga Kirade
- Manawar – ST Dr. Hiralal Alawa
- Dhar – Smt. Prabha Gautam
- Badnawar – Murli Morwal
- Indore 3 – Deepak Pintu Joshi
- Indore 5 – Satyanarayan Patel
- Dr. Ambedkarnagar – Mhow Ramkishor Shukla
- Ujjain Dakshin – Er. Chetan Premnarayan Yadav
- Badnagar – Rajendra Singh Solanki
- Ratlam Rural ST – Lakshman Dindore
- Ratlam City – Paras Saklecha
- Jaora – Virendra Singh Solanki
- Malhargarh SC – Parshuram Sisodia
- Garoth – Subhash Sojatia
- Neemuch – Umrao Singh Gurjar
- Jawad – Samandar Patel
(The list above will be updated as and when more names are announced)
Congress on Tuesday released its MP poll manifesto, in which the party vowed to conduct a caste survey, announced a bevy of sops, including 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs, a farm loan waiver, Rs 25 lakh medical insurance for all residents and even an IPL team for Madhya Pradesh if voted to power.
Releasing the 106-page manifesto listing 59 promises and 101 “main guarantees” here, state Congress chief Kamal Nath announced to provide LPG cylinders at Rs 500 and to form an Indian Premier League (IPL) team of the state if the opposition party forms a government after the polls.