Rajasthan assembly elections: BJP comes out with first list of 131 candidates

Jaipur: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released its first list of 131 candidates late night on Sunday for upcoming Rajasthan assembly elections which are scheduled on December 7.

Read also: Rajasthan elections: BJP to announce second list of candidates by November 15

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje will contest from Jhalrapatan, a seat she has represented since 2003.

The party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) held a meeting and discussed the names of the candidates with national president Amit Shah on Sunday following which the list was released.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and all other members of BJP CEC.

Union Minister J P Nadda announced the names addressing a press conference in Delhi.

Senior party leader Nadda said that they have fielded 25 new faces this time with 85 sitting MLA’s. The first list includes 12 women, 17 scheduled Caste and 19 Scheduled Tribe candidates.

There are total 200 seats. The names of 131 candidates have been announced, while the second list will come out soon.

Read also: Rajasthan elections 2018: Congress to release its first list of 150 candidates today

Here are all the 131 candidates fielded by BJP for upcoming elections:

1. Gurveer Singh Barad – Sadulshahar
2. Ram Pratap Kasaniya – Suratgarh
3. Balveer Luthra – Raisinghnagar (SC)
4. Doctor Ram Pratap – Hanumangarh
5. Dharmendra Mochi – Pilibanga (SC)
6. Abhishek Matoriya – Nohar
7. Sanjeev Kumar Baniwal – Bhadra
8. Doctor Vishwanath Meghwal – Khajuwala (SC)
9. Sushri Sidhhi Kumari – Bikaner Purv
10. Poonam Kanwar – Kolayat
11. Sumeet Godara – Lunkaransar
12. Ramsingh Kanswa – Sadulpur
13. Rajendra Rathore – Churu
14. Kailash Meghwal – Pilani (SC)
15. Subhash Poonia – Surajgarh
16. Narendra Kumar – Mandawa
17. Subhkaran Choudhary – Udaipurwati
18. Dharampal Gurjar – Khetri
19. Govardhan Verma – Ghondh (SC)
20. Harishchandra Kumawat – Ramgarh
21. Banshidarh Khandela – Khandela
22. Premsingh Bajor – Neem ka Thana
23. Jhabar Singh Khara – Shri Madhopur
24. Dr. Phool singh Binda – Viratnagar
25. Rao Rajendra Singh – Shahpura
26. Ramlal Sharma – Chomu
27. Nirmal Kumawat – Phulera
28. Sateesh Poonia – Amer
29. Surendra Pareek – Hawa Mahal
30. Narpat Singh Rajvi – Vidhyadhar Nagar
31. Arun Chaturvedi – Civil Lines
32. Mohanlal Gupta – Kishanpole
33. Ashok Parnami – Adarsh Nagar
34. Ramheth Singh Yadav – Kishangarh Bas
35. Manjeet Choudhary – Mundawar
36. Sanjay Sharma – Alwar city
37. Aneeta Singh Gurjar – Nagar
38. Dr Shailash Singh – Deeg Kumher
39. Vijay Bansal – Bharatpur
40. Kunshendra Kaur-Deepa – Nadbai
41. Ramswaroop Kohli – Ber (SC)
42. Reetu Banawat – Bayana (SC)
43. Jaswant Gurjar – Bari
44. Shobharani Kushwaha – Dholpur
45. Golma Devi Meena – Sapotara (ST)
46. Ramwilas Meena – Lalsot (ST)
47. Rajendra Meena – Bawanwas (ST)
48. Jitendra Gothwal – Khandar (SC)
49. Kanhiyalal Choudhary – Malpura
50. Ajeet Singh Mehta – Tonk
51. Rajendra Gurjar – Devli- Uniyara
52. Vikas Choudhary – Kishangarh
53. Suresh Singh Rawat – Pushkar
54. Vasudev Devnani – North Ajmer
55. Anita Bandel – South Ajmer (SC)
56. Ramswaroop Lamba – Naseerabad
57. Shankar Singh Rawat -Bhiawar
58. Susheel Kunwar – Masuda
59. Manohar Singh – Ladnun
60. Manju Baghmaar – Jayal (SC)
61. Mohan Ram Choudhary – Nagaur
62. Bhanwara Ram – Merta
63. Ajay Singh – Degana
64. Maan Singh Kinsariya – Parbatsar
65. Vijay Singh Choudhary – Nawa
66. Avinash Gehlot – Jaitaran
67. Shobha Chauhan – Sojay (SC)
68. Gyanchand Parakh – Pali
69. Kesaram Choudhary – Marwad Junction
70. Pushpendra Singh Ranawat – Bali
71. Pabaaram Vishnoi – Galodi
72. Gajendra Singh Khinwasar – Lohawat
73. Babusingh Rathgore – Shergarh
74. Beraram Choudhary – Osian
75. Kamsa Meghwal – Bhopalgarh (SC)
76. Shambhu Singh Khetasar – Sardarpura
77. Atul Bhansali – Jodhpur
78. Surya Kanta Vyas – Sursagar
79. Jogaram patel – Luni
80. Arjunlal Garg – Bilada
81. Colonel Sonaram – Barmer
82. Kailash Choudhary – Baytu
83. Amraram Choudhary – Pachpadra
84. Hameer Singh Bhayal – Siwana
85. Laduram Bishnoi – Gudamalani
86. Chagan Singh Rajpurohit – Ahore
87. Jogeshwar Garg – Jalore (SC)
88. Pooraram Chaudhary – Bhinmal
89. Danaram Choudhary – Sanchore
90. Narayan Singh Deval – Raniwada
91. Otaram Devasi -Sirohi
92. Sama Ram Garasiya – Pindwara Abu (ST)
93. Jagsiram Kohli – Reodar (SC)
94. Pratap Lal Gameti – Gogunda (ST)
95. Babulal Kharadi – Jhadol (ST)
96. Shankarlal Kharadi – Kherwada (ST)
97. Phool Singh Meena – Udaipur Grameen (ST)
98. Gulabchand Kataria (Udaipur)
99. Dharamnarayn Joshi – Mawali
100. Amritlal Meena – Salumbhar (ST)

101. Gautamlal Meena – Dhariyawad (ST)
102. Madhav lal Marawat – Dungarpur (ST)
103. Gopichand Meena – Aspur (ST)
104. Shankarlal Dhecha – Sangwada (ST)
105. Susheel Katara – Chaurasi (ST)
106. Harendra Neenama – Ghatol (ST)
107. Khemraj Gharasiya – Bagidora (ST)
108. Bhimabhai Dhamor – Kushalgarh (ST)
109. Suresh Dhakad – Begun
110. Chandraban Singh – Chittorgarh
111. Shrichand Kriplani – Nimbahera
112. Lalit Osatwal – Bari Sadri
113. Hemant Meena – Pratapgarh (ST)
114. Hari Singh Rawat – Bheem
115. Surendra Singh Rathore – Kumbhalgarh
116. Kiran Maheshwari – Rajsamand
117. Kalulal Gurjar – Mandal
118. Rooplal Jaat – Sahada
119. Vithal Shankar Awasthi – Bhilwada
120. Kailash Chandra Meghwal – Shahpura (SC)
121. Ashok Dogra – Bundi
122. Heeralal Nagar – Sangod
123. Prahlad Gunjal – North Kota
124. Sandeep Sharma – South Kota
125. Madan Dilawar – Ramganj Mandi (SC)
126. Prabhulal Saini – Anta
127. Lallet Meena – Kishanganj (ST)
128. Pratap Singh Sighvi – Chaabra
129. Vasundhara Raje – Jhalrapatan
130. Narendra Nagar – Khanpur
131. Govind Ranipuria – Manohar Thana