Congress announces list of candidates for by-elections to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

The Congress released the names of candidates for the forthcoming by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh on Friday.

The by-elections for 27 seats in Madhya Pradesh was necessitated following resignation of 25 MLAs of the Congress over the last four months and the death of two legislators earlier. The Kamal Nath government, which came to power in December 2018, collapsed in March this year after the exit of 22 MLAs of the Congress who joined the BJP with Jyotiraditya Scindia. Later, three more MLAs resigned from the Congress to join the saffron party. Two seats had fallen vacant after deaths of sitting legislators.

The Election Commission (EC) is yet to announce the schedule for the bypolls.

The list of names, indicating the constituency is as follows:

Ravindra Singh Tomar- Dimani (7)

Satyaprakash Shekarwar- Ambah - SC (8)

Mevaram Jatav- Gohad - SC (13)

Sunil Sharma- Gwalior (15)

Suresh Raje - Dabra- SC (19)

Phul Singh Baraiya- Bhander - SC (21)

Pragilal Jatav- Karera - SC (23)

Kanhaiyalal Agarwal- Bamori (28)

Smt Asha Dohre- Ashok Nagar - SC (32)

Vishwanath Singh Kunjam- Annupur- ST (87)

Madanlal Choudhary Ahirwar- Sanchi - SC (142)

Vipin Wankhede- Agar- SC (166)

Rajveer Singh Baghel- Hatpipliya (172)

Ram Kishan Patel- Nepanagar- ST (179)

Premchand Guddu- Sanwer- SC (211)