Lucknow, April 22 : The Samajwadi Party on Monday declared Tej Pratap Yadav as its candidate from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, ending speculation that party chief Akhilesh Yadav could contest from the Lok Sabha constituency. The party also named Sanatan Pandey from Ballia seat. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 1: From Jatin Prasada in Pilibhit to Imran Masood in Saharanpur, List of Key Candidates and Constituencies in Uttar Pradesh

Tej Pratap Yadav Yadav, who is a grand-nephew of SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and son-in-law of RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, had represented the Mainpuri seat from 2014-2019. Kunwar Sarvesh Singh Dies: BJP Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Candidate From Moradabad Dies of Heart Attack

There was speculation that former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav could contest from the Kannauj seat. In the 2019, polls the seat was won by BJP's Subrat Pathak, who defeated Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav.