BJP on Sunday released the list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Rajasthan. In this list, the BJP announced the names of candidates for 7 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan.
It is noteworthy that till now BJP has declared candidates for 22 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan. Candidates are yet to be declared for 3 seats, which include Karauli-Dholpur, Dausa and Bhilwara seats. Furthermore, in Rajasthan Lok Sabha elections will be held in two phases. The first phase of voting will be on the 19th of April 2024. The second phase of the election will be on the 26th of April 2024. The results will be declared on the 4th of June 2024.
BJP preferred new candidates
In this BJP candidates list BJP has gambled on many new faces. The ticket of the current MP from Jaipur City Ram Charan Bohra has been cancelled. Manju Sharma has been fielded in her place.
Manju Sharma is the daughter of former MLA and senior BJP leader Bhanwar Lal Sharma. Presently she is the Jaipur in-charge of Rajasthan Mahila Pravashi Abhiyan. Furthermore, Manju Sharma’s father Bhanwar Lal Sharma was MLA from Hawamahal from 1977 to 1998. Moreover, Bhanwarlal Sharma has been MLA from Hawamahal 6 times, the record for the maximum number of MLAs in this area. Later he also remained a minister in the BJP government. Bhanwar Lal was elected once from the Janata Party and 5 times from the BJP ticket. Capitalizing on the theme of Jaipur’s daughter, the party has approved the name of Manju Sharma.
Candidates List for Lok Sabha Election 2024 in Rajasthan
With this list of the BJP, the picture is almost clear about the fight in this Lok Sabha election in each constituency.
S.No | Constituency | BJP Candidates | Congress or Other Candidates |
1 | Ajmer | Bhagirath Chaudhary | ??? |
2 | Alwar | Bhupendra Yadav | Lalit Yadav |
3 | Banswara | Mahendra Malviya | Rajkumar Rot |
4 | Barmer | Kailash Chaudhary | Ummeda Ram Beniwal |
5 | Bharatpur | Ramswaroop Koli | Sanjana Jatav |
6 | Bhilwara | ??? | ??? |
7 | Bikaner | Arjun Ram Meghwal | Govind Ram Meghwal |
8 | Chitorgarh | C P Joshi | Udhay Lal Anjana |
9 | Churu | Devendra Jhajhadia | Rahul Kaswan |
10 | Dausa | ??? | Murari Lal Meena |
11 | Ganga Nagar | Priyanka Balan | Kuldeep Indora |
12 | Jaipur City | Manju Sharma | Pratap Singh |
13 | Jaipur Gramin | Rao Rajendra Singh | Anil Chopra |
14 | Jalore- Sirohi | Lumbaram Chaudhary | Vaibhav Gehlot |
15 | Jhalawar | Dushyant Singh | Urmila Jain Bhaya |
16 | Jhunjhunu | Subhkaran Chaudhary | Brijendra Ola |
17 | Jodhpur | Gajendra Singh Shekhawat | Karan Singh Uchiarada |
18 | Karoli – Dholpur | ??? | Bhajan Lal Jatav |
19 | Kota | Om Birla | Prahlad Gunjal |
20 | Nagaur | Jyoti Mirdha | ??? |
21 | Pali | P P Chaudhary | Sangita Beniwal |
22 | Rajsamand | Mahima Singh | ??? |
23 | Sikar | Swami Sumedhanand Saraswati | Amararam |
24 | Tonk | Sukhbir Jaunapuriya | Harishchandra Meena |
25 | Udaipur | Mannalal Rawat | Tarachand meena |