The Indian National Congress (INC) has released the names of their candidates contesting for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections.
Principal Opposition party Congress is trying to come back to power after losing to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in two consecutive general elections. The party is part of the Opposition bloc INDIA, and has sealed alliance in some key States such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Bihar among others.
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While senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and P. Chidambaram have opted out of the poll race, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be fighting from the Wayanad constituency in Kerala. Congress floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is contesting from Baharampur, while deputy floor leader Gaurav Gogoi is contesting from Jorhat.
Shashi Tharoor is seeking a record fourth time from Thiruvananthapuram, while Rajeev Gowda is contesting from Bangalore Central.
The party has released the names of 294 candidates so far. Here is the full list of candidates contesting on Congress tickets.
The following is a list of the INC candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections:
Chhattisgarh - 11 candidates
1. Sarguja (ST) - Shashi Singh
2. Raigarh (ST) - Menka Devi Singh
3. Janjgir-Champa (SC) - Shivkumar Dahariya
4. Korba - Jyotsna Mahant
5. Bilaspur - Devender Singh Yadav
6. Rajnandgaon - Bhupesh Baghel
7. Durg - Rajendra Sahu
8. Raipur - Vikas Upadhyay
9. Mahasamund - Tamradhwaj Sahu
10. Bastar (SC) - Kawasi Lakhma
11. Kanker (SC) - Biresh Thakur
Karnataka - 28 candidates
1. Chikkodi - Priyanka Jarkiholi
2. Belgaum - Mrunal Ravindra Hebbalkar
3. Bagalkot - Samyukta S Patil
4. Bijapur (SC) - H.R. Algur
5. Gulbarga (SC) - Radhakrishna
6. Raichur (ST) - G Kumair Naik
7. Bidar - Sagar Khandre
8. Koppal - K. Rajashekar Basavaraj Hintal
9. Bellary - E. Tukaram
10. Haveri - Anandswamy Gaddadevara Math
11. Dharwad - Vinod Asooti
12. Uttara Kannada - Anjali Nimbalkar
13. Davanagere - Prabha Mallikarjun
14. Shimoga - Geeta Shivarajkumar
15. Udupi Chikmagalur - K. Jayaprakash Hegde
16. Hassan - Shreyas Patel Gowda
17. Dakshina Kannada - Padmaraj
18. Chitradurga (SC) - B. N. Chandrappa
19. Tumkur - S. P. Muddahanumegowda
20. Mandya - Venkataramane Gowda
21. Mysore - M Lakshman
22. Chamarajanagar - Sunil Bose
23. Bangalore Rural - D. K. Suresh
24. Bangalore North - Rajeev Gowda
25. Bangalore Central - Mansoor Ali Khan
26. Bangalore South - Soumya Reddy
27. Chikballapur - Raksha Ramaiah
28. Kolar - K V Gowtham
Kerala - 16 candidates
1. Kasaragod - Rajmohan Unnithan
2. Kannur - K. Sudhakaran
3. Vatakara - Shafi Parambil
4. Wayanad - Rahul Gandhi
5. Kozhikode - MK Raghavan
6. Palakkad - VK Sreekandan
7. Alathur (SC) - Ramya Haridas
8. Thrissur - K Muraleedharan
9. Chalakudy - Benny Behanan
10. Ernakulam - Hibi Eden
11. Idukki - Dean Kuriakose
12. Alappuzha - KC Venugopal
13. Mavelikara (SC) - Kodikunnil Suresh
14. Pathanamthitta - Anto Antony
15. Attingal - Adoor Prakash
16. Thiruvananthapuram - Shashi Tharoor
Lakshadweep - 1 candidate
1. Lakshadweep (ST) - Mohd. Hamdullaha Sayeed
Meghalaya - 2 candidates
1. Shillong (ST) - Vincent Pala
2. Tura (ST) - Saleng A Sangma
Nagaland - 1 candidate
1. Nagaland - S. Supongmeren Jamir
Sikkim - 1 candidate
1. Sikkim - Gopal Chettri
Telangana - 14 candidates
1. Adilabad (ST) - Atram Suguna
2. Peddapalli (SC) - Gaddam Vamsi Krishna
3. Nizamabad - T. Jeevan Reddy
4. Zahirabad - Suresh Kumar Shetkar
5. Medak - Neelam Madhu
6. Malkajgiri - Patnam Sunitha Mahender Reddy
7. Secunderabad - Danam Nagender
8. Chevella - G. Ranjith Reddy
9. Mahabubnagar - Challa Vamshi Chand Reddy
10. Nagarkurnool (SC) - Mallu Ravi
11. Nalgonda - Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy
12. Bhongir - Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy
13. Warangal (SC) - Kadiyam Kavya
14. Mahabubabad (ST) - Balram Naik
Tripura - 1 candidate
1. Tripura West - Ashish Kumar Saha
Assam - 13 candidates
1. Kokrajhar (ST) - Garjan Mushahary
2. Dhubri - Rakibul Hussain
3. Barpeta - Deep Bayan
4. Darrang –Udalguri- Madhab Rajbangshi
5. Guwahati - Mira Barthakur Goswami
6. Diphu (ST) - Joyram Engleng
7. Karimganj - Rashid Ahmed Choudhary
8. Silchar (SC) - Surjya Kanta Sarkar
9. Nagaon - Pradyut Bordoloi
10. Kaziranga - Roselina Tirkey
11. Sonitpur - Premlal Ganju
12. Lakhimpur - Uday Shankar Hazarika
13. Jorhat - Gaurav Gogoi
Gujarat - 24 candidates
1. Kachchh (SC) - Nitishbhai Lalan
2. Banaskantha - Geniben Thakor
3. Patan - Chandanji Thakor
4. Mahesana - Ramji Thakor (Palvi)
5. Sabarkantha - Tushar Chaudhary
6. Gandhinagar - Sonal Patel
7. Ahmedabad East - Himmatsinh Patel
8. Ahmedabad West (SC) - Bharat Makwana
9. Surendranagar - Rutvik Makwana
10. Rajkot - Paresh Dhanani
11. Porbandar - Lalitbhai Vasoya
12. Jamnagar - J.P Marvia
13. Junagadh - Hirabhai Jotva
14. Amreli - Jennyben Thummar
15. Anand - Amitbhai Chavda
16. Kheda - Kalusinh Dabhi
17. Panchmahal - Gulabsinh Chaudhan
18. Dahod (ST) - Prabhaben Taviyad
19. Vadodara - Jashpalsinh Padhiyar
20. Chhota Udaipur (ST) - Sukhrambhai Rathwa
21. Bardoli (ST) - Siddharth Chaudhary
22. Surat - Nilesh Kumbani
23. Navsari - Naishadh Desai
24. Valsad (ST) - Anantbhai Patel
Madhya Pradesh - 28 candidates
1. Morena - Satyapal Singh Sikarwar
2. Bhind (SC) - Phool Singh Baraiya
3. Gwalior - Praveen Pathak
4. Guna - Rao Yadvendra Singh
5. Sagar - Guddu Raja Bundela
6. Tikamgarh (SC) - Pankaj Ahirwar
7. Damoh - Tarvar Singh Lodhi
8. Satna - Siddharth Sukhlal Kushwaha
9. Rewa - Nilam Mishra
10. Sidhi - Kamleshwar Patel
11. Shahdol (ST) - Phundelal Singh Marko
12. Jabalpur - Dinesh Yadav
13. Mandla (ST) - Omkar Singh Markam
14. Balaghat - Samrat Saraswat
15. Chhindwara - Nakul Nath
16. Narmadapuram - Sanjay Sharma
17. Vidisha - Pratap Bhanu Sharma
18. Bhopal - Arun Shrivastav
19. Rajgarh - Digvijaya Singh
20. Dewas (SC) - Rajendra Malviya
21. Ujjain (SC) - Mahesh Parmar
22. Mandsour - Dilip Singh Gurjar
23. Ratlam (ST) - Kantilal Bhuria
24. Dhar (ST) - Radheshyam Muvel
25. Indore - Akshay Bam
26. Khargone - Porlal Kharte
27. Khandwa - Narendra Patel
28. Betul (ST) - Ramu Tekam
Rajasthan - 22 candidates
1. Ganganagar (SC) - Kuldeep Indora
2. Bikaner (SC) - Govind Ram Meghwal
3. Churu - Rahul Kaswan
4. Jhunjhunu - Brijendra Singh Ola
5. Jaipur Rural - Anil Chopra
6. Jaipur - Pratap Singh Khachariyawas
7. Alwar - Lalit Yadav
8. Bharatpur (SC) - Sanjana Jatav
9. Karauli–Dholpur (SC) - Bhajan Lal Jatav
10. Dausa (ST) - Murari Lal Meena
11. Tonk–Sawai Madhopur - Harish Meena
12. Ajmer - Ramchandra Choudhary
13. Pali - Sangeeta Beniwal
14. Jodhpur - Karan Singh Uchiyarda
15. Barmer - Umeda Ram Beniwal
16. Jalore - Vaibhav Gehlot
17. Udaipur (ST) - Tarachand Meena
18. Chittorgarh - Udai Lal Anjana
19. Rajsamand - Damodar Gunjal
20. Bhilwara - C. P. Joshi
21. Kota - Prahlad Gunjal
22. Jhalawar–Baran - Urmila Jain Bhaya
Andhra Pradesh - 20 candidates
1. Visakhapatnam - Pulusu Satyanarayana Reddy
2. Anakapalli - Vegi Venkatesh
3. Kakinada - M. M. Pallam Raju
4. Rajahmundry - Gidugu Rudra Raju
5. Eluru - Lavanya Kumari
6. Narasaraopet - Garnepudi Alexander Sudhakar
7. Bapatla (SC) - Jesudasu Seelam
8. Kurnool - P. G. Ram Pullaiah Yadav
9. Kadapa - Y. S. Sharmila
10. Nellore - Koppula Raju
11. Tirupati (SC) - Chinta Mohan
12. Srikakulam - Dr. Pedada Parameswararao
13. Vizianagaram - Bobbili Srinu
14. Amalapuram - S.C. Janga Goutham
15. Machilipatnam - Gollu Krishna
16. Vijayawada - Valluru Bhargav
17. Ongole - Eda Sudhakara Reddy
18. Nandyal - Jangiti Lakshmi Narasimha Yadav
19. Anantapur - Mallikarjun vajjala
20. Hindupur - B.A. Samad Shaheen
Arunachal Pradesh - 2 candidates
1. Arunachal West - Nabam Tuki
2. Arunachal East - Boisiram Siram
Bihar - 3 candidates
1. Kishanganj - Mohammad Jawed
2. Katihar - Tariq Anwar
3. Bhagalpur - Ajeet Sharma
Goa - 2 candidates
1. North Goa- Ramakant Khalap
2. South Goa- Capt. Viriato Fernandes
Himachal Pradesh - 2 candidates
1. Mandi - Vikramaditya Singh
2. Shimla (SC) - Vinod Sultanpuri
Jharkhand - 5 candidates
1. Khunti (ST) - Kalicharan Munda
2. Lohardaga (ST) - Sukhdeo Bhagat
3. Hazaribagh - Jai Prakash Bhai Patel
4. Godda - Pradeep Yadav (In place of Deepika Pandey Singh)
5. Ranchi - Yashashwini Sahay
Maharashtra - 1 5 candidates
1. Nandurbar (ST) - Gowaal K Padavi
2. Dhule - Shobha Dinesh Bachhav
3. Akola - Abhay Kashinath Patil
4. Amravati (SC) - Balwant Basawant Wankhede
5. Ramtek (SC) - Shyamkumar Daulat Barve
6. Nagpu - Vikas Thakare
7. Bhandara-Gondiya - Prashant Yadavrao Padole
8. Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST) - Namdev Dasaram Kirsan
9. Chandrapur - Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar
10. Nanded - Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan
11. Jalna - Kalyan Kale
12. Pune - Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar
13. Latur (SC) - Shivajirao Kalge
14. Solapur (SC) - Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde
15. Kolhapur - Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj
Manipur - 2 candidates
1. Inner Manipur - Angomcha Bimol Akoijam
2. Outer Manipur - Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur
Mizoram - 1 candidate
1. Mizoram - Lalbiakzama
Odisha - 21 candidates
1. Bargarh (ST) - Sanjay Bhoi
2. Sundargarh (ST )- Janardan Dehury
3. Keonjhar (ST) - Mohan Hembram
4. Balasore - Srikant Kumar Jena
5. Bhadrak (SC) - Anant Prasad Sethi
6. Jajpur (SC) - Anchal Das
7. Dhenkanal - Sashmita Behera
8. Bolangir - Manoj Mishra
9. Kalahandi - Draupadi Majhi
10. Nabarangpur (ST) - Bhujabal Majhi
11. Kandhamal - Amir Chand Nayak
12. Kendrapara - Sidharth Swarup Das
13. Jagatsinghpur (SC) - Rabindra Kumar Sethy
14. Puri - Sucharita Mohanty
15. Bhubaneswar - Yasir Nawaz
16. Berhampur - Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik
17. Koraput (ST) - Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
18. Mahanga - Debendra Kumar Sahoo
19. Satyabadi - Manoj Rath
20. Bhubaneswar Central - Prakash Chandra Jena
21. Bhubaneswar North - Ashok Kumar Das
Punjab - 6 candidates
1. Amritsar - Gurjeet Singh Aujla
2. Jalandhar (SC) - Charanjit Singh Channi
3. Fatehgarh Sahib (SC) - Amar Singh
4. Bathinda - Jeet Mohinder Singh Sidhu
5. Sangrur - Sukhpal Singh Khaira
6. Patiala - Dharamvir Gandhi
Tamil Nadu - 8 candidates
1. Tiruvallur - Sasikanth Senthil
2. Krishnagir i- K. Gopinath
3. Karur - S. Jothimani
4. Cuddalore - M. K. Vishnu Prasad
5. Mayiladuthurai - R Sudha
6. Sivaganga - Karti P Chidambaram
7. Tirunelveli - C. Robert Bruce
8. Kanniyakumari - Vijay Vasanth
Uttar Pradesh - 15 candidates
1. Saharanpur - Imran Masood
2. Amroha - Danish Ali
3. Ghaziabad - Dolly Sharma
4. Bulandshahr - Shivram Valmiki
5. Mathura - Mukesh Dhangar
6. Fatehpur Sikri - Ramnath Sikarwar
7. Sitapur - Rakesh Rathore
8. Kanpur - Alok Mishra
9. Jhansi - Pradeep Jain Aditya
10. Barabanki - Tanuj Punia
11. Maharajganj - Virendra Chaudhary
12. Deoria - Akhilesh Pratap Singh
13. Bansgaon - Sadal Prasad
14. Varanasi - Ajay Rai
15. Allahabad - Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh
Uttarakhand - 5 candidates
1. Tehri Garhwal - Jot Singh Gunsola
2. Garhwal - Ganesh Godiyal
3. Almora (SC) - Pradeep Tamta
4. Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar - Prakash Joshi
5. Hardwar - Virender Rawat
West Bengal - 13 candidates
1. Darjeeling - Munish Tamang
2. Raigan j- Ali Imran Ramz (Victor)
3. Maldaha Uttar - Mostaque Alam
4. Maldaha Dakshin - Isha Khan Choudhury
5. Jangipur - Mortaza Hossain Bokul
6. Baharampur - Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
7. Bangaon (SC) - Pradip Biswas
8. Kolkata Uttar - Pradip Bhattacharya
9. Uluberia - Azahar Mallick
10. Purulia - Nepal Mahato[e]
11. Birbhum - Milton Rashid
12. Ghatal - Papiya Chakraborty
13. Coochbehar (SC) - Piya Roy Chowdhury
Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 1 candidate
1. Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Kuldeep Rai Sharma
Chandigarh - 1 candidate
1. Chandigarh - Manish Tewari
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu - 2 candidates
1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli - Ajit Ramjibhai Mahla
2. Daman and Diu - Ketan Dahyabhai Patel
Delhi - 3 candidates
1. Chandni Chowk - Jai Prakash Agarwal
2. North East Delhi - Kanhaiya Kumar
3. North West Delhi - Udit Raj
Jammu and Kashmir - 2 candidates
1. Udhampur - Chaudhary Lal Singh
2. Jammu - Raman Bhalla
Puducherry - 1 candidate
1. Puducherry - V. Vaithilingam
