2019 Indian Parliamentary Election April 11 to May 19,2019 - CPI(M)announces first list of 45 candidates in 11 States for the Lok Sabha Elections Saturday March 16,2019

 

 

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has released the first list of 45 seats to be contested in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. 

In the list released today, the party has announced its decision to contest on 45 seats from Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep.

In Assam, Biraj Deka and Amiya kumar Handique will be contesting from Kokrajhar and Lakhimpur. Sukhbir Singh from Hisar in Haryana and Daleep Kaith from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh are going to contest from the respective states.

In Kerala, the CPI(M) has announced to contest the LS elections on 16 out of a total 20 seats.

1.  K. P. Satheesh Chandran from Kasargode
2. P.K. Sreemathi from Kannur
3.  P.Jayarajan from Vadakara
4. A.Pradeep Kumar from Kozhikode
5. V.P.Sanu from Malappuram
6. P.K. Biju from Alathoor
7. M.B. Rajesh from Palakkad
8.  Innocent from Chalakudy
9. P.Rajeev from Ernakulam
10. V.N. Vasavan from Kottayam
11. A.M. Arif from Alappuzha
12. Veena George from Pathanamthitta
13.  K.N. Balagopal from Kollam and  
14. A. Sampath from Attingal. 

In Idukki and Ponnani constituencies, CPI(M) has decided to support two independent candidates Joice George and P.V Anwar

According to the first list, from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab, CPI(M) will be contesting on one seat each. 

Girijesh Singh Sengar from Rewa, MP

Jeeva Pandu Gavit from Dindori, Maharashtra

 Janardan Pati from Bhubneswar, Odisha

and Raghunath Singh from Anandpur Sahib, Punjab are the candidates announced by the party.

From Tamil Nadu and Tripura, 2 seats each have been announced

Su. Venkatesan from Madurai and P.R. Natarajan from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and 

Jitendra Chowdhury from Tripura East and Sankar Prasad Datta from Tripura West.

 Sherif Khan will be contesting from CPI(M) in Lakshadweep.

In West Bengal, the party has announced to contest on 16 seats.  The seat details are -

1. Bhagirath Roy from Jalpaiguri
2. Md. Salim from Raiganj
3.  Baddrudaza Khan from Murshidabad
4.  Rama Biswas from Ranaghat
5.  Alokesh Das from Bangaon
6. Nepaldeb Bhattacharya from Dum Dum
7. Dr. Faud Halim from Diaamond Harbour
8. Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya from Jadavpur
9. Dr. Nandini Mukherji from Kolkata Dakshin
10.  Dr. Maksuda Khatun from Uluberia
11. Pradip Saha from Hooghly
12. Sakti Mohan Malik from Arambag
13. Sunil Khan from Bishnupur, 
14. Iswar Chandra Das from Bardaman Purba
15. Abhas Roy Choudhury Bardaman Durgapur and
16.  Dr. Rezaul Karim from Birbhum.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the CPI(M) had contested on 97 seats in total.