- As many as 26 candidates — who fought the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election — failed to get a ticket this time.
- BJP announced the names of only 57 candidates against a total of 70 vidhan sabha seats.
- Check the names of 26 BJP candidates who didn’t get a ticket this time.
The BJP released the list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections in Delhi. It fielded 31 new faces. As many as 26 candidates — who fought the 2015 Delhi Assembly Election — failed to get a ticket this time.BJP might go to the polls without any CM candidate. The party earlier said it will decide the CM candidate after poll results are out.
Constituency Name
| New Candidate
| Old Candidate
|
Timarpur
| Surendra Singh Bittu
| Prof. Rajni Abbi
|
Adarsh Nagar
| Raj Kumar Bhatia
| Shri Ram Kishan Singhal
|
Badli
| Vijay Bhagat
| Shri Rajesh Yadav
|
Rithala
| Manish Chaudhary
| Shri Kulwant Rana
|
Bawana (SC)
| Ravindra Kumar Indral
| Shri Gugan Singh Ranga
|
Kirari
| Anil Jha
| Shri Anil Jha
|
Mangol Puri (SC)
| Karam Singh Karma
| Shri Surijeet Kumar
|
Trinagar
| Tilak Ram Gupta
| Dr. Nand Kishor Garg
|
Model Town
| Kapil Mishra
| Shri Vivek Garg
|
Matia Mahal
| Ravindra Gupta
| Shri Shakeel Anjum Delhlvi
|
Ballimaran
| Lata Sodhi
| Shri Shyam Lal Morwal
|
Patel Nagar (SC)
| Pravesh Ratan
| Smt. Krishan Tirath
|
Madipur (SC)
| Kailash Santhla
| Shri Raj Kumar Phulwaria
|
Janak Puri
| Ashish Sood
| Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
|
Uttam Nagar
| Krishna Gehlot
| Shri Pawan Sharma
|
Palam
| Vijay Pandit
| Shri Dharmdev Solanki
|
Jangpura
| Impreet Singh Bakshi
| Sardar M S Dheer
|
Malviya Nagar
| Shailendra Singh Monty
| Smt. Nandani Sharma
|
Ambedkar Nagar (SC)
| Khushi Ram
| Shri Ashok Chouhan
|
Greater Kailash
| Shikha Rai
| Sh. Rakesh Gulia
|
Kondli (SC)
| Raj Kumar Dhillon
| Shri Hukum Singh
|
Patpar Ganj
| Ravi Negi
| Shri Vinod Kumar Binni
|
Laxmi Nagar
| Abhay Kumar Verma
| Shri B B Tyagi
|
Gandhi Nagar
| Anil Vajpayee
| Shri Jitender Chaudhary
|
Seelampur
| Kaushal Mishra
| Shri Sanjay Jain
|
Ghonda
| Ajay Mahawar
| Shri Sahab Singh Chauhan
|
BJP announced the names of only 57 candidates against a total of 70 vidhan sabha seats. Hence, candidates for 13 lok sabha seats — Burari, Nangloi Jat, Rajouri Garden ,Hari Nagar, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, Kasturba Gandhi, Mehrauli, Sangam Vihar, Kalkaji, Krishna Nagar, Shahdara, Seema Puri — are not announced yet.
Check the full BJP candidate list here. BJP’s CEC meet took place yesterday under Amit Shah’s leadership. According to BJP Delhi Chief Manoj Tiwari, the party has announced 11 SC nominations and 4 women nominations.