Samajwadi Party List of Candidates for Chhattisgarh Assembly Elections 2018: First List With Names of 9 Candidates Announced by SP, Check Here
The candidates list has been issued by SP days after party president Akhilesh Yadav marked his dissent against the Congress for failing to ink a pre-poll pact with like-minded political parties.
Raipur, October 21: The Samajwadi Party on Sunday announced its first list of candidates for the upcoming Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018. The list names 9 of the party's nominees - three contesting in the first phase and six in the second round of the polls.
The candidates list has been issued by SP days after party president Akhilesh Yadav marked his dissent against the Congress for failing to ink a pre-poll pact with the allies for contesting the legislative polls in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Check BJP's 1st List of Candidates For Chhattisgarh Polls.
Full List of Candidates Announced by Samajwadi Party in 1st List:
- In the 1st phase of Chhattisgarh assembly elections, Santosh Suman, Bimlesh Dubey and Chabindra Verma would be contest from Bijapur, Jagdalpur and Dantewada respectively for SP.
- For the 2nd phase of polls, Navin Gupta, Yogendra Bhoi, Jiban Singh Yadav, Mukesh Lahare, Amarnath Agarwal and Subendra Singh Yadav would be contesting from Raipur West, Basna, Akaltara, Pamgarh, Korba and Vaishali Nagar, respectively.
A day earlier, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced its first list of 77 candidates in Chhattisgarh, retaining most of its 49 legislators in the assembly.
The Congress has so far named 12 candidates, including 7 of its incumbent MLAs.
The 90-member Chhattisgarh assembly will be contested in two phases -- on November 12 and November 20. Aspirants from all political parties, along with those contesting independently, will have to file their nominations by October 23 -- which is the last date of submitting the candidatures before the Election Commission.
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