BJP announces 19 candidates from West Bengal, 6 candidates from Andhra Pradesh

The Bhartiya Janta Party on Sunday released the fifth list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, scheduled to take place from April 19. The party has fielded Justice Abhijit Ganguly from Tamluk while Tapas Roy will contest the elections from the Kolkata Uttar constituency.

West Bengal is set to witness polling in all seven phases beginning on April 19 for the much-awaited general elections. The Election Commission on March 16 announced the dates for the 18th General Elections in the country. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. 

Here is the full list of candidates from West Bengal: 

Jalpaiguri - Jayanta Roy

Darjeeling - Raju Bista

Raiganj - Kartick Paul

Jangipur - Dhananjay Ghosh 

Krishnanagar - Amrita Roy

Barrackpur - Arjun Singh

Dum Dum - Silbhadra Dutta

Barasat - Swapan Majumder

Basirhat - Rekha Patra

Mathurapur (SC) - Ashok



Purkait

Kolkata Dakshin - Sushri Debashree Chaudhary

Kolkata Uttar - Tapas Roy

Uluberia - Arun Uday Paul Chowdhury

Sreerampur - Kabir Shankar Bose

Arambagh (SC) - Arup Kanti Digar

Tamluk - Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay

Medinipur - Agnimitra Paul

Bardhamam Purba (SC) - Ashim Kumar Sarkar

Bardhaman (Durgapur) - Dilip Ghosh

Andhra Pradesh is set to witness polling in a single phase beginning on April 19 for the much-awaited general elections. The Election Commission on March 16 announced the dates for the 18th General Elections in the country. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. 

Here is the full list of candidates from Andhra Pradesh: 

Araku (ST) - Kothapalli Geetha

Anakapalle - CM Ramesh

Rajahmundry - D Purandareshwari

Narsapuram - Bupathiraju Srinivas Varma

Tirupati (SC) - Varaprasad Rao

Rajampet - N Kiran Kumar Reddy