Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: From Arun Vora to Vikas Upadhyay, Congress Releases Second List of 53 Candidates; Check Candidate Names and Their Constituencies
The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 53 candidates for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, fielding party veteran Motilal Vora's son Arun Vora from Durg City.
New Delhi, October 18: The Congress on Wednesday released its second list of 53 candidates for the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, fielding party veteran Motilal Vora's son Arun Vora from Durg City. With the second list, the total number of candidates declared by the Congress went up to 83 out of the total of 90. Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Congress Declares 30 Candidates in First List, CM Bhupesh Baghel to Contest From Patan; Check Candidate Names and Their Constituencies.
Congress Declares 53 Names for Chhattisgarh Polls
The party fielded sitting MLA Vikas Upadhyay from the Raipur City West assembly seat, Pankaj Sharma from Raipur Rural and Mahant Ram Sundar Das from the Raipur City South constituency. Jitin Jaiswal will contest from Jagdalpur and Shailesh Pandey from Bilaspur, the state's ruling party announced. Sitting MLA Arun Vora has been renominated from Durg City. His father Motilal Vora was a chief minister of united Madhya Pradesh. Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2023: From CM Bhupesh Baghel to TS Singh Deo and Girish Devangan, List of Key Candidates of Congress and Their Constituencies.
The Congress had announced the names of 30 candidates on Sunday. Elections to the 90-member Chhattisgarh Assembly will take place in two phases on November 7 and 17. The counting of votes will take place on December 3, along with that of four other poll-going states. The Congress is seeking to repeat its government in Chhattisgarh under Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel.
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