New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections. The party has selected Arshid Bhat for Rajpora, Javed Ahmad Qadri for Shopian, and Mohd. Rafiq Wani for Anantnag West. Adv. Syed Wazahat will run from Anantnag, Sushri Shagun Parihar from Kishtwar, and Gajay Singh Rana from Doda.
The announcement comes after a meeting of the BJP Central Election Committee on Sunday, chaired by JP Nadda. The meeting included participation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other key committee members. The CEC has endorsed the candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections 20.
Here’s the full list:
Phase 1
| Name | Constituency |
|---|---|
| Er. Syed Showkat Gayoor Andrabi | Pampore |
| Arshid Bhat | Rajpora |
| Javed Ahmad Qadri | Shopian |
| Mohd. Rafiq Wani | Anantnag West |
| Advocate Syed Wazahat | Anantnag |
| Sofi Yousuf | Srigufwara–Bijbehara |
| Veer Saraf | Shangus–Anantnag East |
| Tariq Keen | Inderwal |
| Shagun Parihar | Kishtwar |
| Sunil Sharma | Padder–Nagseni |
| Daleep Singh Parihar | Bhadarwah |
| Gajay Singh Rana | Doda |
| Shakti Raj Parihar | Doda West |
| Rakesh Thakur | Ramban |
| Salim Bhat | Banihal |
Phase 2
| Name | Constituency |
|---|---|
| Ashok Bhat | Habbakadal |
| Mohammad Akram Chaudhary | Gulabgarh (ST) |
| Kuldeep Raj Dubey | Reasi |
| Rohit Dubey | Mata Vaishno Dev |
| Thakur Randhir Singh | Kalakote–Sunderbani |
| Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali | Budhal (ST) |
| Mohd. Iqbal Malik | Thannamandi (ST) |
| Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari | Surankote (ST) |
| Chowdhary Abdul Ghani | Poonch Haveli |
| Murtaza Khan | Mendhar (ST) |
Phase 3
| Name | Constituency |
|---|---|
| Pawan Gupta | Udhampur West |
| Balwant Singh Mankotia | Chenani |
| Sunil Bhardwaj | Ramnagar (SC) |
| Jeevan Lal | Bani |
| Satish Sharma | Billawar |
| Darshan Singh | Basohli |
| Rajiv Jasrotia | Jasrota |
| Advocate Vijay Kumar Sharma | Hiranagar |
| Dr. Devinder Kumar Maniyal | Ramgarh (SC) |
| Surjit Singh Slathia | Samba |
| Chandra Prakash Ganga | Vijaypur |
| Gharu Ram Bhagat | Suchetgarh (SC) |
| Dr. Narinder Singh Raina | R.S. Pura–Jammu South |
| Yudhvir Sethi | Jammu East |
| Dr. Devinder Singh Rana | Nagrota |
| Arvind Gupta | Jammu West |
| Sham Lal Sharma | Jammu North |
| Mohan Lal Bhagat | Akhnoor (SC) |
| Rajeev Sharma | Chhamb |
