BJP names 57 of 70 candidates for Delhi polls scheduled for February 8

The BJP on Friday announced the names of 57 candidates for the Delhi assembly elections that will take place on February 8. The counting of votes will happen three days later on February 11.

Out of the 57 names, 11 are from SC community, while four are women, said Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari. The AAP has already announced the names for all the 70 seats.

AC No Constituency Candidate
1 Narela Neeldaman Khatri
2 Burari
3 Timarpur Surender Singh Bittoo
4 Adarsh Nagar Rajkumar Bhatia
5 Badli Vijay Bhagat
6 Rithala Manish Chaudhari
7 Bawana Ravindra Kumar Indraj
8 Mundka Master Azad Singh
9 Kirari Anil Jha
10 Sultan Pur Majra Ram Chandra Chawaria
11 Nangloi Jat
12 Mongol Puri Karam Singh Karma
13 Rohini Vijendra Gupta
14 Shalimar Bagh Rekha Gupta
15 Shakur Basti SC Vats
16 Tri Nagar Tilak Ram Gupta
17 Wazirpur Mahendra Nagpal
18 Model Town Kapil Mishra
19 Sadar Bazar Jai Prakash
20 Chandni Chowk Suman Kumar Gupta
21 Matia Mahal Ravindra Gupta
22 Ballimaran Lata Sodhi
23 Karol Bagh Yogendra Chandolia
24 Patel Nagar Parvesh Ratan
25 Moti Nagar Subhash Sachdeva
26 Madipur Kailash Sankla
27 Rajouri Garden
28 Hari Nagar
29 Tilak Nagar Rajiv Babbar
30 Janakpuri Ashish Sood
31 Vikaspuri Sanjay Singh
32 Uttam Nagar Krishna Gehlot
33 Dwarka Pradyumn Rajpoot
34 Matiala Rajesh Gehlot
35 Najafgarh Ajit Kharkhari
36 Bijwasan Satprakash Rana
37 Palam Vijay Pandit
38 Delhi Cantonment
39 Rajinder Nagar RP Singh
40 New Delhi
41 Jangpura Inpreet Singh Bakhshi
42 Kasturba Nagar
43 Malviya Nagar Shailendra Singh Monti
44 R K Puram Anil Sharma
45 Mehrauli
46 Chhattarpur Brahmsingh Tanwar
47 Deoli Arvind Kumar
48 Ambedkar Nagar Khushi Ram
49 Sangam Vihar
50 Greater Kailash Shikha Rai
51 Kalkaji
52 Tugalakabad Vikram Vidhuri
53 Badarpur Rambir Singh Vidhuri
54 Okhla Brahm Singh
55 Trilokpuri Kiran Vaid
56 Kondli Rajkumar Dhillon
57 Patparganj Ravi Negi
58 Laxmi Nagar Abhay Kumar Verma
59 Vishwas Nagar OP Sharma
60 Krishna Nagar
61 Gandhi Nagar Anil Vajpayee
62 Shandara
63 Seemapuri
64 Rohtas Nagar Jitendra Mahajan
65 Seelampur Kaushal Mishra
66 Ghonda Ajay Mahawal
67 Babarpur Naresh Gaud
68 Gokalpur Ranjit Kashyap
69 Mustafabad Jagdish Pradhan
70 Karawal Nagar Mohan Singh Bisht

The BJP, however, did not name its candidate against AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal with Tiwari saying the candidate from New Delhi seat will be announced soon.

Tiwari was joined by senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar at the press conference where he announced the party candidates whose names were finalised at its central election committee meeting on Thursday night.