Congress Releases First List of 21 Candidates for Delhi Assembly Elections

The Congress party on Thursday released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The list includes prominent leaders such as Devender Yadav, the state unit chief, who will contest from the Badli constituency. Additionally, Sandeep Dikshit, a senior Congress leader, will contest from New Delhi.

The Central Election Committee has selected the following persons as Congress candidates for the ensuing elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly 👇 pic.twitter.com/LbaV5X7YgE

— Congress (@INCIndia) December 12, 2024

The list also features Shivank Singhal from Adarsh Nagar and Garvit Singhvi from Greater Kailash. Jai Kishan has been fielded from Sultanpur Majra, while Jay Prakash will represent Ambedkar Nagar. Women candidates such as Aruna Kumari from Narela and Ragini Nayak from Wazirpur have also been given tickets.

The full list of candidates is as follows:

1. Narela: Smt. Aruna Kumari
2. Burari: Mangesh Tyagi
3. Adarsh Nagar: Shivank Singhal
4. Badli: Devender Yadav
5. Sultanpur Majra (SC): Jai Kishan
6. Nangloi Jat: Rohit Chaudhary
7. Shalimarbagh: Praveen Jain
8. Wazirpur: Smt. Ragini Nayak
9. Sadar Bazar: Anil Bhardwaj
10. Chandni Chowk: Mudit Agarwal
11. Ballimaran: Haroon Yusuf
12. Tilak Nagar: PS Bawa
13. Dwarka: Adarsh Shastri
14. New Delhi: Sandeep Dikshit
15. Kasturba Nagar: Abhishek Dutt
16. Chhatarpur: Rajinder Tanwar
17. Ambedkar Nagar (SC): Jay Prakash
18. Greater Kailash: Garvit Singhvi
19. Patparganj: Ch. Anil Kumar
20. Seelampur: Abdul Rehman
21. Mustafabad: Ali Mahndi

The Delhi Assembly elections are scheduled for early 2025.