The Congress on Sunday declared candidates for nine Andhra Pradesh seats and two Jharkhand seats for the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Andhra Pradesh has 25 Lok Sabha seats, while Jharkhand has a total of 14 Lok Sabha seats.
The Congress fielded Pradeep Yadav as its candidate for Jharkhand's Godda, replacing Deepika Singh Pandey.
Here is the list of eleven candidates that the Congress released on Sunday:
S. No. | States | Constituencies | ||
1 | Andhra Pradesh | Srikakulam | ||
2 | Andhra Pradesh | Vizianagaram | Bobbili Srinu | |
3 | Andhra Pradesh | Amalapuram Sc | Janga Goutham | |
4 | Andhra Pradesh | Machilipatnam | Gollu Krishna | |
5 | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | Valluru Bhargav | |
6 | Andhra Pradesh | Ongole | ||
7 | Andhra Pradesh | Nandyal | Jangiti Lakshmi Narasimha Yadav | |
8 | Andhra Pradesh | Anantapur | ||
9 | Andhra Pradesh | Hindupur | ||
10 | Jharkhand | Godda | Pradeep Yadav | |
11 | Jharkhand | Ranchi |
Earlier this month, the Congress had released a list for six Lok Sabha seats and 12 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh.
Voting for the Lok Sabha elections began on April 19. The elections will be held in seven phases across the country and the results will be declared on June 4. The first phase of voting took place on April 19, when 102 of the total 543 seats went to the polls on April 19.
Elections were held simultaneously for 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 seats in Sikkim. This year there will be parliamentary elections in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
The simultaneous Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held on May 13. Andhra Pradesh has 175 seats. In the 2019 Assembly elections, the YSRCP won with an overwhelming majority of 151 seats, while the TDP was limited to 23 seats. In the Lok Sabha polls, the YSRCP won 22 seats while the TDP could win only three seats.
Meanwhile, the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand will vote in four phases.
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Published: Apr 21, 2024 8:46 PM IST