Bhopal, October 15: The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday declared a list of nine candidates for the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh scheduled on November 17. SP leader Yash Bhartiya said the names of six candidates on the list were announced earlier while three new names were added to it. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election 2023: Congress Fields 19 Female Candidates in First List in Vidhan Sabha Polls.

"The nine candidates include former MLA Meera Deepak Yadav who is fielded from the Niwari assembly constituency," said Bhartiya. The Akhilesh Yadav-led party is planning to contest all 230 seats in MP as of now, he said.

Besides Niwari, the candidates are announced for Rajnagar, Bhander, Dhauhani, Chitrangi, Sirmaur, Bijawar, Katangi and Sidhi assembly seats. The SP had won one seat- Bijawar in Chhatarpur district- in the 2018 MP assembly elections. Madhya Pradesh Assembly Elections 2023: Congress' First List of 144 Candidates Has 69 MLAs; Actor Vikram Mastal to Fight Against CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

When Congress fell short of majority despite emerging as the single largest party in the previous polls, two BSP MLAs, one SP legislator and four Independents provided outside support to the then Kamal Nath-led government.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)