{"id":485032,"date":"2023-08-17T16:50:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T11:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=485032"},"modified":"2023-08-17T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T11:37:40","slug":"bjp-madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh-election-candidate-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/bjp-madhya-pradesh-chhattisgarh-election-candidate-list\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP releases list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh before election dates announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The BJP released its first list candiates for the Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh state assembly elections before the official announcement of the dates by the Election Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Chhattisgarh, the BJP has released the list of 21 candidates. While for Madhya Pradesh, the party has declared names of candidates for 39 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first time ever in the history of BJP to have announced the list of candidates even before the announcement of the election and its dates. &nbsp;Else, looking at its past records, BJP waits until the last moment to declare the name of its candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"485038\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165558\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-18-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165558\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-18-1.jpg 389w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165558\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-18-1-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165558\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-18-1-150x262.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"360\" data-id=\"485040\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165617\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165617\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-20.jpg 268w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165617\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-20-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165617\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-20-150x201.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"485039\" src=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165606\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165606\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-19.jpg 389w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165606\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-19-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/17165606\/ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-19-150x262.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Both in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh list of candidates, the party has included five women candidates each.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement comes just a day after the party\u2019s Central Election Committee that was held in its headquarters in Delhi. The meeting held under party president JP Nadda\u2019s chairmanship was attended Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Defense Minister Rajanth Singh and other members of the panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports claimed, Prime Minister Modi in the meeting had instructed to release the first list of candidates at the earlier so that the party gets enough time to do preparations on ground for the elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports claimed, the party has focused on those seats where they party finds itself weak and needs quite an effort to ensure victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BJP&#8217;s early bird move is being seen very crucial as the party hopes to win with majority in the 230-member assembly Madhya Pradesh and 90-member assembly Chhattisgarh, where it had tasted defeat to Congress in the last election in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Chhattisgarh, the BJP has released the list of 21 candidates. 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