In Lucknow, India’s Home Minister Rajnath Singh is up against 15 challengers

In Uttar Pradesh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party is up against Poonam Shatrughan Sinha of the Samajwadi Party and Acharya Pramod Krishnam of the Indian National Congress, among others.

Candidate Name	Party	Symbol
Poonam Shatrughan Sinha (F) 68, Graduate, Business	Samajwadi Party	Cycle
Acharya Pramod Krishnam 56, PG, Agriculture	Indian National Congress	Hand
Rajnath Singh 67, Post Graduate, Social worker, Agriculturist	Bharatiya Janata Party	Lotus
Amar Kumar Raizada 66, M Sc (Chem); LLB; Advocate	Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh	Battery Torch
Kapil Mohan Chowdhary 47, B Sc (Comp Sc), Business and Agriculture	Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal	Boat with man and sail
Ganesh Chaudari 46, Graduate Professional, Insurance Agent / Investment Consultant	Saaf Party	Hat / cap
Girish Narain Pande 64, M Sc (Phy); LLB; MBA; Retired Principal Chief Commissioner Income Tax, ex-Forest Service, Advocate	Sarvodaya Bharat Party	Camera
Mo Fahim aka Haji Fahim Siddiqui 65, 10th Pass, Social worker	Indian National League	Iron
Dev Narayan Singh aka Prof. D N N S Yadav 59, LLB, LLM, LLD; Professor	People’s Party of India (Democratic)	Carrom Board
Ramesh 29, Literate, Driver	All India Forward Bloc	Lion
Ram Sagar Pal 37, BA, Social Worker	Awami Samta Party	Tractor chalata Kisan
Shamim Khan 49, 8th Pass, Business	Nagrik Ekta Party	Television
Avinash Chandra Jain 69, B Sc, Dip in Public Administration; Business	Independent	Biscuit
Jimidar Singh Yadav 39, Literate, Labourer (Mazdoori)	Independent	Airconditioner
Sanjay Singh Rana 38, Graduate, Business	Independent	Auto-rickshaw