BJP releases list of 32 candidates for upcoming assembly bypolls in 13 states

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released a list of 32 candidates for the upcoming by-elections across several states scheduled to be held on October 21. 

The Election Commission had last week announced bypolls to 67 assembly seats, spread across 18 states, to be held on October 21. The poll body, however, later postponed the elections to 15 assembly seats in Karnataka to December 5. 

The list of BJP candidates was released after a meeting of Central Election Committee (CEC) of the party which approved the names for the upcoming bypolls. 

The list of candidates includes one each for Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan and Telangana; two each for Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Sikkim; four for Assam; five for Kerala; and 10 for Uttar Pradesh. 

Here is the full list of candidates: 

The Central Election Committee has decided the following names for the ensuing Bye-Elections to the Legislative Assembly Constituency of different States. pic.twitter.com/f4VCsqBIxm

— BJP (@BJP4India) September 29, 2019

The states where assembly bypolls will be on October 21 held are Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Odisha and Puducherry (one seat each).

The other states are Assam (4), Bihar (5), Gujarat (6), Himachal Pradesh (2), Kerala (5), Punjab (4), Rajasthan  (2), Tamil Nadu, Sikkim (3) and UP (11).

The BJP is also expected to release soon its first list of candidates for assembly elections in Haryana and Maharashtra as the CEC, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, discussed the names of potential candidates on Sunday. 

Elections in Haryana and Maharashtra, along with assembly bypolls, are scheduled for October 21 and the results will be announced on 24th October.