BJP on Saturday released the first list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The list was released by union minister Dharmendra Pradhan & BJP national general secretary Arun Singh at the press conference in New Delhi. “We will be releasing list of candidates for first and second phases shortly, for upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Polls,” BJP leader & Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. The BJP’s in-charge for Uttar Pradesh announced that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will contest from the Gorakhpur Assembly seat in the upcoming state polls. During a press conference, Pradhan also said that Deupty CM Keshav Prasad Maurya will contest from Siratu Assembly seat.Also Read - Chandrashekhar Azad: Will Wait For Akhilesh Bhaiya's Call Till Monday 10 AM.
The party has announced names of candidates for 57 out of the 58 seats which will go to polls in the first phase on February 10 and 48 out of 55 seats which will vote in the second phase on February 14. Besides, the BJP has also given more than 68 per cent tickets to candidates from backward classes and women. In the first list, 44 OBC candidates, 19 from Scheduled Castes and 10 women have been named by the BJP. Also Read - UP Assembly Polls 2022: Ex-IPS Officer Asim Arun Joins BJP, Likely To Contest From Samajwadi Party Bastion Kannauj.
Here’s the full list of BJP candidates for UP Election 2022:
- Gorakhpur (Urban) – Yogi Adityanath – Gorakhpur (Urban)
- Sirathu – Keshav Prasad Maurya
- Kairana – Mriganka Singh
- Thana Bhawan – Suresh Rana
- Shamli – Tejendra Singh Nirwal
- Budhana – Umesh Malik
- Charthawal – Sapna Kashyap
- Purqazi – Pramod Utwal
- Muzaffarnagar – Kapil Dev Aggarwal
- Khatauli – Vikram Saini
- Meerapur – Prashant Gurjar
- Siwalkhas – Manendra Pal Singh
- Sardhana – Sangeet Som
- Hastinapur – Dinesh Khatik
- Kithore – Satyavir Tyagi
- Meerut Cantt. – Amit Agarwal
- Meerut South – Somendra Tomar
- Chhaprauli – Sahendra Singh Ramala
- Baraut – Krishnapal Singh Malik
- Bagpat – Yogesh Dhama
- Loni – Nandkishor Gurjar
- Muradnagar – Ajit Pal Tyagi
- Sahibabad – Sunil Sharma
- Ghaziabad – Atul Garg
- Modinagar – Manju Shivach
- Dholana – Dharmesh Tomar
- Hapur (SC) – Vijay Pal Aadti
- Garhmukteshwar – Harendra Choudhary Tevatiya
- Noida – Pankaj Singh
- Dadri – Tejpal Singh Nagar
- Jewar – Dhirendra Singh
- Secunderabad – Laxmiraj Singh
- Bulandshahr – Pradeep Chaudhary
- Syana – Devendra Singh Lodhi
- Anupshahr – Sanjay Sharma
- Debai – C P Singh
- Shikarpur – Anil Sharma
- Khurja (SC) – Meenakshi Singh
- Khair (SC) – Anoop Pradhan Balmiki
- Barauli – Thakur Jayveer Singh
- Atrauli – Sandeep Singh
- Chharra – Ravendra Pal Singh
- Koil – Anil Parashar
- Iglas – Rajkumar Sahyogi
- Chhata – Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan
- Mant – Rajesh Chaudhary
- Goverdhan – Thakur Meghshyam Singh
- Mathura – Shrikant Sharma
- Baldev (SC) – Pooran Prakash Jatav
- Etmadpur – Dharampal Singh
- Agra Cantt. – G S Dharmesh
- Agra South – Yogendra Upadhyaya
- Agra North – Purshottam Khandelwal
- Agra Rural (SC) – Baby Rani Maurya
- Fatehpur Sikri – Choudhary Babulal
- Kheragarh – Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
- Fatehabad – Chhotelal Verma
- Bah – Rani Pakshalika
- Behat – Naresh Saini
- Nakur – Mukesh Chaudhary
- Saharanpur Nagar – Rajeev Gumbar
- Saharanpur – Jagpal Singh
- Deoband – Brijesh Singh Rawat
- Rampur Maniharan (SC) – Devendra Nim
- Gangoh – Keerat Singh Gurjar
- Najibabad – Kunwar Bhartendu Singh
- Nagina (SC) – Dr Yashwant
- Barahpur – Sushant Singh
- Dhampur – Ashok Kumar Rana
- Nehtaur – Om Kumar
- Bijnor – Suchi Mousam Chaudhary
- Chandpur – Kamlesh Singh
- Noorpur – C P Singh
- Kanth – Rajesh Kumar Chunnu
- Moradabad Rural – Krishankant Mishra
- Moradabad Nagar – Ritesh Gupta
- Kundarki – Kamal Prajapati
- Bilari – Parmeshwar Lal Saini
- Chandausi (SC) – Gulabo Devi
- Asmoli – Harendra Singh (Rinku)
- Sambhal – Rajesh Singhal
- Chamraua – Mohan Kumar Lodhi
- Bilaspur – Baldev Singh Aulakh
- Ramour – Aakash Saxena
- Milak (SC) – RajbalaDhanaura (SC) – Rajeev Tarara
- Naugawan Sadat – Devendra Nagpal
- Amroha – Ram Singh Saini
- Hasanpur – Mahendra Singh Khadagvanshi
- Gunnaur – Ajeet Kumar (Raju Yadav)
- Bisauli (SC) – Kushagra Sagar
- Sahaswan – K D Bhardwaj
- Bilsi – Harish Shakya
- Budaun – Mahesh Gupta
- Shekhupur – Dharmendra Shakya
- Dataganj – Rajeev Singh (Babbu Bhaiya)
- Meerganj – D C Verma
- Nawabganj – M P Aarya Gangwar
- Faridpur (SC) – Dr Shyam Bihari Lal
- Bithari Chainpur – Dr Raghvendra Sharma
- Bareilly – Dr Arun Saxena
- Bareilly Cantt. – Dr Sanjeev Aggarwal
- Aonla – Dharmpal Singh
- Katra – Veer Vikram Singh
- Powayan (SC) – Chetram Pasi
- Shahjahanpur – Suresh Khanna