Lucknow, March 8: Hours after issuing the first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019, the Samajwadi Party on Friday released another list, revealing their three top female leaders who would be in the electoral fray. The list names Dimple Yadav, the wife of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, as the candidate from Kannauj. Usha Verma and Purvi Verma have been fielded from Hardoi and Khiri constituencies, respectively.

Dimple, 41, was elected to the Parliament for the first time in 2014. She had won the electoral contest from Kannauj, despite the Narendra Modi wave which swept across the length and breadth of Uttar Pradesh. Check the Candidates Named by Samajwadi Party in First List.

Here is the second list of candidates issued by SP:

Earlier in the day, the SP released its first list of six candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, fielding party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav from its stronghold Mainpuri.

The party has decided to field MPs Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay Yadav from the current seats of Badaun and Firozabad respectively. Incidentally, the Congress had on Thursday announced Saleem Iqbal Shervani as its candidate from Badaun.

The list was signed by SP general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav. The party left Mainpuri, described as its "safest" seat, for Mulayam Yadav, who is the MP from Azamgarh right now.

The former chief minister represented Mainpuri in the Lok Sabha in 1996, 2004 and 2009. In the 2014 general election, the SP patriarch had contested from Azamgarh and Mainpuri and won both. In Mainpuri, his victory margin was a massive 3.64-lakh votes.

The other SP candidates are: Kamlesh Katheria (Etawah), Bhailal Kol (Robertsganj) and Shabbir Valmiki (Bahraich).

(With PTI inputs)

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