Indian National Congress releases first list of its candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 which is expected to held in April-May. Party chief Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi Lok Sabha seat and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to contest from Rae Bareli. Congress on Thursday released first list of 11 candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2019.
Earlier there was speculation that Priyanka Gandhi could contest from the Rae Bareli seat but with the release of list of candidates it is clear that Priyanka Gandhi is not going to contest from Rae Bareli seat. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will contest from Rae Bareli seat, she is being elected from Rae Bareli seat for the last terms.
Congress finalised first of its candidates for Lok Sabha elections 2019 in a meeting chaired by Rahul Gandhi on Thursday. List finalised names of 15 candidates; 11 from Uttar Pradesh and four from Gujarat.
Here the finalised first list of Congress for Lok Sabha elections 2019:
| S. No. | State | No. & Name of Constituency | Selected Candidate | |
| 1 | Gujarat | 8 | Ahmedabad West - SC | Raju Parmar |
| 2 | Gujarat | 8 | Anand | Bharatsingh M. Solanki |
| 3 | Gujarat | 20 | Vadodara | Prashant Patel |
| 4 | Gujarat | 21 | Chhota Udaipur - ST | Ranjit Mohansinh Rathwa |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 1 | Saharanpur | Imran Masood |
| 6 | Uttar Pradesh | 23 | Badaun | Saleem Iqbal Shervani |
| 7 | Uttar Pradesh | 29 | Daurahra | Jitin Prasad |
| 8 | Uttar Pradesh | 33 | Unnao | Smt. Annu Tandon |
| 9 | Uttar Pradesh | 36 | Rae Bareli | Smt. Sonia Gandhi |
| 10 | Uttar Pradesh | 37 | Amethi | Rahul Gandhi |
| 11 | Uttar Pradesh | 40 | Farrukhabad | Salman Khursheed |
| 12 | Uttar Pradesh | 44 | Akbarpur | Rajaram Pal |
| 13 | Uttar Pradesh | 45 | Jalaun - SC | Brij Lal Khabri |
| 14 | Uttar Pradesh | 54 | Faizabad | Nirmal Khatri |
| 15 | Uttar Pradesh | 65 | Kushi Nagar | R.P.N. Singh |
The official twitter account of @INCIndia posted the first list of its candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
Announcement of first list of candidates selected by Congress Central Election Committee for the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. pic.twitter.com/FEzssyx3uV
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 7, 2019
According to the sources Election commission of India is likely to announce the dates of upcoming Lok Sabha Elections in coming week and elections is likely to be held in 7-8 phased in April-May this year.
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