The first list of candidates was released by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today. Apart from that, today’s announcements had one surprise. A list for 107 seats for first and second phases of the assembly elections was released.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was initially expected to run from Mathura and then from Ayodhya, will now run from his pocket borough, his own place Gorakhpur city instead. Deputy CM Keshav Maurya will contest from Sirathu in Prayagraj region. Yogi will contest in the sixth phase, while Mauryua contests polls in the fifth phase.
In the initial list, while 63 sitting MLAs got tickets again, candidates changed at 20 places. 21 new candidates have been given tickets. The new candidates include women, youth, and doctors. There have been 44 tickets for OBCs and 19 for scheduled caste candidates.
There are 10 women in the first list.
- Yogi Adityanath – Gorakhpur (sixth phase)
- Keshav Prasad Maurya – Sirathu (fifth phas
The following is the full first list
PHASE1
- Shamli – Shri Tejendra Singh Nirwal
- Budhana – Shri Umesh Malik
- Charthawal – Smt. Sapna Kashyap
- Purqazi (SC) – Shri Pramod Utwal
- Muzaffar Nagar – Shri Kapidev Aggarwal
- Khatauli – Shri Vikram Saini
- Meerapur – Shri Prashant Gurjar
- Siwalkhas – Shri Manendra Pal Singh
- Sardhana – Shri Sangeet Som
- Hastinapur (SC) – Shri Dinesh Khatik
- Kithore – Shri Satyavir Tyagi
- Meerut Cantt. – Shri Amit Aggarwal
- Chharprauli – Shri Sahendra Singh Ramala
- Baraut – Shri Krishnapal Singh (K.P Malik)
- Baghpat – Shri Yogesh Dhama
- Loni – Shri Nandkishor Gurjar
- Muradnagar – Shri Ajit Pal Tyagi
- Sahibabad – Shri Sunil Sharma
- Ghaziabad – Shri Atul Garg
- Modinagar – Dr. Smt. Manju Shivach
- Dholana – Shri Dharmesh Tomar
- Hapur ( SC) – Shri Vijay Pal Aadti
- Garhmukteshwar – Shri Harendra Choudhary Tevatiya
- Noida – Shri Pankaj Singh
- Dadri – Shri Tejpal Singh Nagar
- Jewar – Shri Dhirendra Singh
- Sikandrabad – Shri Laxmiraj Singh
- Bulandshahr – Shri Pradeep Chaudhary
- Syana – Shri Devendra Singh Lodhi
- Anupshahr – Shri Sanjay Sharma
- Debai – Shri C.P. Singh
- Shikarpur – Shri Anil Sharma
- Khurja (SC) – Meenakshi Singh
- Khair (SC) – Shri Anoop Pradhan Balmiki
- Barauli – Thakur Jayveer Singh
- Atrauli – Sandeep Singh
- Chharra – Ravendra Pal Singh
- Koil – Anil Parashar
- Iglas (SC) – Rajkumar Sahyogi
- Chhata – Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan
- Mant – Rajesh Choudhary
- Goverdhan – Thakur Meghshyam Singh
- Mathura – Shrikant Sharma
- Baldev (SC) – Pooran Prakash Jatav
- Etmadpur – Dharampal Singh
- Agra Cantt (SC) – Dr. G.S. Dharmesh
- Agra South – Yogendra Upadhyaya
- Agra North – Purushottam Khandelwal
- Agra Rural (SC) – Baby Rani Maurya
- Fathepur Sikari – Chaudhary Babulal
- Kheragarh – Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
- Fatehabad – Chhotelal Verma
- Bah – Rani Pakshalika
PHASE 2 - Behat – Naresh Saini
Nakur – Mukesh Chaudhary
Saharnpur Nagar – Rajeev Gumbar
Saharanpur – Jagpal Singh
Deoband – Brijesh Singh Rawat
Rampur Maniharan (SC) – Devendra Nim
Gangoh – Kirat Singh Gurjar
Najibabad – Kunwar Bhartendu Singh
Nagina (SC) – Dr. Yashwant
Barhapur – Sushant Singh
Dhampur – Ashok Kumar Rana
Nehtaur (SC) – Om Kumar
Bijnor – Suchi Mousam Chaudhary
Chandpur – Kamlesh Saini
Noorpur – C.P. Singh
Kanth – Rajesh Kumar Chunnu
Moradabad rural – Krishakant Mishra
Moradabad Nagar – Ritesh Gupta
Kundarki – Kamal Prajapati
Bilari – Parmeshwer Lal Saini
Chandausi (SC) – Gulabo Devi
Asmoli – Harendra Singh (Rinku)
Sambhal – Rajesh Singhal
Chamraua – Mohan Kumar Lodhi
Bilaspur – Baldev Singh Aulakh
Rampur – Aakash Saxena
Milak (SC) – Rajbala
Dhanaura – Rajeev Tarara
Bithni – Lal Bihari Verma
Bareilly Cantt – Sanjeev Agarwal
Katra – Veer Bikram Singh
Puwayan – Chateram Pasi
