Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will contest from his traditional seat of Budhni in Sehore district.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released first list of 177 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh state Assembly elections. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan will contest from his traditional seat of Budhni in Sehore district.
In the first list of candidates, many ministers, including Narottam Mishra and Yashodhara Raje Scindia, have found their place. While Mishra will contest from Datia, Scindia has been fielded from Shivpuri.
Assembly polls for all 230 seats in the state are scheduled for November 28 and counting of votes will take place on December 11.
The list was released by the party's secretary election committee and Union minister JP Nadda on Friday. The party also announced candidates for 28 assembly seats in Telangana and 24 in Mizoram.
The list was finalised at the BJP's central election committee meeting Thursday night that was chaired by party president Amit Shah and attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others.
According to sources, about 27 sitting MLAs have been dropped in Madhya Pradesh.
Earlier, senior BJP leaders had suggested that the party was thinking of not giving tickets to 70-80 MLAs, including some ministers, in order to tide over anti-incumbency.
The BJP, in the 2013 Assembly polls, had given about 25 per cent tickets to new faces and 75 per cent of them emerged victorious.
In the 2013 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 165 seats in the 230-member House. The Congress got 58 seats, the BSP four and one seat was won by an Independent.
MP has seen a long stint of BJP rule under Chouhan and this time, Congress is trying to project a united front to oust the saffron party from the state.
The nomination process in the state began today and the last date for filing nomination is November 9.
The Congress yet to declare its candidates for the crucial elections in the state where the party is marred by several factions.
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