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BJP releases first list of candidates for Delhi assembly election, announces 57 names
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced candidates for 57 assembly seats for the upcoming Delhi elections.
Updated : Jan 17, 2020, 05:53 PM IST | Edited by : Ahamad Fuwad
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday announced candidates for 57 assembly seats for the upcoming Delhi elections.
Delhi has 70 assembly seats.
"This is a list of winners. We will form a government with full majority. We are contesting the election on a positive agenda," Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari said while releasing the list.
The BJP has fielded 11 SC candidates and four women, Tiwari announced.
Former AAP legislator Kapil Mishra, who quit the party after being sacked as a minister and subsequently levelled corruption allegations against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will contest from Model Town. He had won the 2015 assembly elections on an AAP ticket from Karawal Nagar seat.
Vijender Gupta, one of the three BJP candidates who had won the 2015 election, will contest from his current seat Rohini.
The BJP has also given tickets to three Congress turncoats - Sanjay Singh, Surendra Singh Bittu and SC Vats.
Here is the full list of 57 BJP candidates:
| S.N. | Constituency | Candidate |
| 1. | Narela | Neeldaman Khatri |
| 2. | Timarpur | Surendra Singh Bittu |
| 3. | Adarsh Nagar | Rajkumar Bhatia |
| 4. | Badli | Vijay Bhagat |
| 5. | Rithala | Manish Chaudhary |
| 6. | Bawana (SC) | Ravindra Kumar |
| 7. | Munrika | Master Azad Singh |
| 8. | Kirari | Anil Jha |
| 9. | Sultanpur Majra (SC) | Ramchandra Chabariya |
| 10. | Mangolpuri (SC) | Karam Singh Karma |
| 11. | Rohini | Vijendra Gupta |
| 12. | Shalimar Bagh | Rekha Gupta |
| 13. | Shakurbasti | SP Vats |
| 14. | Trinagar | Tilakram Gupta |
| 15. | Wazirpur | Dr. Mahendra Nagpal |
| 16. | Model Town | Kapil Mishra |
| 17. | Sadar Bazaar | Jai Prakash |
| 18. | Chandni Chowk | Suman Kumar Gupta |
| 19. | Matia Mahal | Ravindra Gupta |
| 20. | Ballimaran | Lata Sodhi |
| 21. | Karol Bagh (SC) | Yogendra Chandalia |
| 22. | Patel Nagar (SC) | Parvesh Ratan |
| 23. | Moti Nagar | Subhash Sachdeva |
| 24. | Madipur (SC) | Kailash Sankhla |
| 25. | Tilak Nagar | Rajiv Babbar |
| 26. | Janakpuri | Ashish Sood |
| 27. | Vikaspuri | Sanjay Singh |
| 28. | Uttam Nagar | Krishna Gehlot |
| 29. | Dwaraka | Pardyuman Rajput |
| 30. | Matialia | Rajesh Gehlot |
| 31. | Najafgarh | Ajit Kharkhari |
| 32. | Bijwasan | Satprakash Rana |
| 33. | Palam | Vijay Pandit |
| 34. | Rajinder Nagar | RP Singh |
| 35. | Jangpura | Sardar Imrit Singh Bhakshi |
| 36. | Malvia Nagar | Shalendra Singh Monty |
| 37. | RK Puram | Anil Sharma |
| 38. | Chhatarpur | Brahm Singh Tawar |
| 39. | Deoli (SC) | Arvind Kumar |
| 40. | Ambedkar Nagar (SC) | Khusi Ram |
| 41. | Greater Kailash | Shikha Rai |
| 42. | Tughlkabad extension | Vikram Badhuri |
| 43. | Badarpur | Ramvir Singh Bidhuri |
| 44. | Okhla | Brahm Singh |
| 45. | Trilokpuri | Kiran Vaid |
| 46. | Kondli | Rajkumar Dhillo |
| 47. | Patparganj | Ravi Negi |
| 48. | Laxmi Nagar | Abhay Kumar Varma |
| 49. | Vishwas Nagar | OP Sharma |
| 50. | Gandhi Nagar | Anil Vajpayee |
| 51. | Rohtas Nagar | Jitendra Mahajan |
| 52. | Seelampur | Kaushal Mishra |
| 53. | Ghonda | Ajay Mahawar |
| 54. | Babarpur | Naresh Gaur |
| 55. | Gokalpur (SC) | Ranjit Kashyap |
| 56. | Mustafabad | Jagdish Pradhan |
| 57. | Karawal Nagar | Mohan Singh Bisht |
Delhi Assembly elections will be held on February 8 while counting of votes will be conducted on February 11. The ruling AAP is locked in a triangular contest with the BJP and the Congress but is favourite to retain the Union Territory.
Nominations for the Delhi elections began on Tuesday and the last date to file the papers is January 21. The scrutiny of nominations will take place on January 22 while the last date of withdrawal of candidature is January 24.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced the list of candidates for all 70 seats. Among its key candidates, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will contest from his current constituency of New Delhi while his deputy Manish Sisodia will again contest from Patparganj.
AAP's Lok Sabha candidates Dilip Pandey, Atishi and Raghav Chadha have been fielded from Timarpur, Kalkaji and Rajinder Nagar, respectively.
