The BJP announced a list of candidates for upcoming by-elections in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal on Tuesday, March 26. The party has fielded all six rebelled ex-Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh assembly bypolls.
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The saffron party has fielded five candidates for the Gujarat bypoll, including Chatursinh Javanji Chavda (Vijapur), Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhvadiya (Porbandar), Arvindbhai Jinabha Ladani (Manavadar), Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel (Khambhat), and Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela (Vaghodia).
By-elections to 26 Assembly seats across 13 States, including six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where Congress MLAs were disqualified for rebellion, will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19. These are in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu," Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said at a press conference in New Delhi on March 16.