The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday, featuring 72 names. Among the notable candidates announced in this list are Manohar Lal Khattar, contesting from Karnal, Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur, Piyush Goyal from North Mumbai, and Anurag Thakur from Hamirpur. The list also includes prominent figures such as Pralhad Joshi from Dharwad, BY Raghavendra from Shivamogga, and Sriramulu from Bellary.
Several sitting MPs have been retained, while others have been replaced. Notably, Pratap Simha has been replaced in Mysuru. Last week, the party had revealed its first list comprising 195 candidates, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, among others.
During a recent central election committee meeting, discussions centered around 99 seats across eight states, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance. The meeting covered constituencies in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, and Chandigarh.
Here is a state-wise list of candidates:
| State | Constituency | Candidate |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | East Delhi | Harsh Malhotra |
| North West Delhi | Yogendra Chandolia | |
| Gujarat | Sabarkantha | Bhikhaji Dudhaji Thakor |
| Ahmedabad East | Hashmukhbhai Patel | |
| Bhavnagar | Nimuben Bambhania | |
| Vadodara | Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt | |
| Chhota Udaipur | Jashubhai Bhilubhai Rathwa | |
| Surat | Mukeshbhai Dalal | |
| Valsad | Dhawal Patel | |
| Haryana | Ambala | Banto Kataria |
| Sirsa | Ashok Tanwar | |
| Karnal | ML Khattar | |
| Bhiwani | Chaudhary Dharambir Singh | |
| Gurgaon | Rao Inderjit Singh Yadav | |
| Faridabad | Krishan Pal Gurjar | |
| Himachal | Hamirpur | Anurag Thakur |
| Shimla | Suresh Kumar Kashyap | |
| Karnataka | Chikkodi | Annasaheb Shankar Jolle |
| Bagalkot | PC Gaddigoudar | |
| Bijapur | Ramesh Jigajinagi | |
| Gulbarga | Umesh Jadhav | |
| Bidar | Bhagwanth Khuba | |
| Koppal | Dr Basavraj Kyavator | |
| Bellary | B Sriramulu | |
| Haveri | Basavraj Bommai | |
| Dharwad | Pralhad Joshi | |
| Devanagere | Gayathri Siddeshwara | |
| Shimoga | By Raghvendra | |
| Udupi Chikmagalur | Kota Srinivas poojary | |
| Dakshina Kannada | Brijesh Chowta | |
| Tumkur | V Somanna | |
| Mysore | Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar | |
| Chamarajanagar | S Balaraj | |
| Bangalore Rural | CN Manjunath | |
| Bangalore North | Sobha Karandlaje | |
| Bangalore Central | PC Mohan | |
| Bangalore South | Tejasvi Surya | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Balaghat | Bharti Pardhi |
| Chhindwara | Vivek Sahu | |
| Ujjain | Anil Firozia | |
| Dhar | Savitri Thakur | |
| Indore | Shankar Lalwani | |
| Maharashtra | Nandurbar | Heena Vijaykumar Gavit |
| Dhule | Subhash Ramrao Bhamre | |
| Jalgaon | Smita Wagh | |
| Raver | Raksha Nikhil Khadase | |
| Akola | Anup Dhotre | |
| Wardha | Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas | |
| Nagpur | Nitin Gadkari | |
| Chandrapur | Sudhir Mungantiwar | |
| Nanded | Prataprao Patil | |
| Jalna | Raosaheb Dadarao Danve | |
| Dindori | Barti Pravin Pawar | |
| Bhiwandi | Kapil Moreshwar Patil | |
| Mumbai North | Piyush Goyal | |
| Mumbai North East | Mihir Kotecha | |
| Pune | Murlidhar Kisan | |
| Ahmednagar | Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil | |
| Beed | Pankaja Munde | |
| Latur | Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare | |
| Madha | Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik | |
| Sangli | Sanjaykaka Patil | |
| Telangana | Adilabad | Godam Nagesh |
| Peddapalle | Gomasa Srinivas | |
| Medak | Madavaneni Raghunandan Rao | |
| Mehbubnagar | DK Aruna | |
| Nalgonda | Saida Reddy | |
| Mahabubabad | Azmeera Seetaram Naik | |
| Tripura | Tripura East | Maharani Kriti Singh Debbarma |
| Uttarakhand | Garhwal | Anil Baluni |
| Haridwar | Trivendra Singh Rawat |