{"id":58945,"date":"2019-03-17T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T07:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=58945"},"modified":"2019-03-17T13:53:11","modified_gmt":"2019-03-17T08:23:11","slug":"congress-announces-fourth-list-27-candidates-lok-sabha-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/congress-announces-fourth-list-27-candidates-lok-sabha-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress announces fourth list of 27 candidates for Lok Sabha polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Congress on Saturday (March 16) released its fourth list of 27 candidates for the upcoming<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/lok-sabha-elections\"> Lok Sabha polls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among 27 Lok Sabha seats declared yesterday, 12 are from Kerala, seven from Uttar Pradesh, five from Chhattisgarh, two from <a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/topic\/arunachal-pradesh\">Arunachal Pradesh<\/a>, one from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.<\/p>\n<p>In Kerala, of the total twenty seats, Congress is contesting for 16 seats out of which 12 have been declared while four are yet to be finalized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/ravi-shankar-prasad-replace-shatrughan-sinha-patna-sahib-reports-58935\">Ravi Shankar Prasad to replace Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Sahib: Reports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The party renominated its sitting MPs and former Union ministers, Shashi Tharoor and K Suresh, from Thiruvananthapuram and Mavelikkara Lok Sabha seats.<\/p>\n<p>The party replaced the sitting MP and former Union Minister KV Thomas from Ernakulam by Ebi Eden.<\/p>\n<p>The party also renominated its Pathanamthitta MP Anto Antony. It fielded former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Nabam Tuki from the Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat.<\/p>\n<p>The Congress dropped former Union minister and sitting MP from Arunachal East Ninong Ering and replaced him with James Lowangcha Wanglet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/dont-enough-candidates-west-bengal-can-win-polls-dilip-ghosh-58914\">Don\u2019t have enough candidates in West Bengal who can win polls: Dilip Ghosh<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UDF convenor Benny Bahanan has been fielded from Chalakudy, while Kerala Youth Congress president Dean Kuriakose has been fielded from the Idukki seat.<\/p>\n<p>In Uttar Pradesh, the party has fielded Harender Malik (Kairana), Indira Bhatti (Bijnor), Om Prakash Sharma (Meerut), Arvind Singh Chauhan (Gautam Budh Nagar), Brijender Singh (Aligarh), Pritam Lodhi (Hamirpur) and Bal Krishna Chauhan (Ghosi).<\/p>\n<p>In Kerala, the Congress has fielded Rajmohan Unnithan (Kasaragod), K Sudhakaran (Kannur), M K Raghavan (Kozhikode), V K Sreekantan (Palakkad), Remya Haridas (Alathur-SC) and T N Prathapan (Thrissur).<\/p>\n<p>In Chhattisgarh, the party has fielded Khel Sai Singh (Surguja ST), Laljeet Singh Rathia (Raigarh ST), Ravi Bhardwaj (Jangir Champa SC), Deepak Baij (Bastar ST) and Biresh Thakur (Kanker ST).<\/p>\n<p>Kuldeep Rai Sharma has been fielded from Andaman and Nicobar Islands seat.<\/p>\n<p>(With PTI Inputs)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Congress on Saturday (March 16) released its fourth list of 27 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Among 27 Lok Sabha seats declared yesterday, 12 are from Kerala, seven from Uttar Pradesh, five from Chhattisgarh, two from Arunachal Pradesh, one from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 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