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Lok Sabha Election 2024: CPI(M) Releases First List of 44 Candidates

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday, released the first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls including 15 for Kerala, and 17 for West Bengal.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Thursday, released the first list of candidates for Lok Sabha polls including 15 for Kerala, and 17 for West Bengal.
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By PTI

Published : Mar 28, 2024, 4:56 PM IST

Updated : Mar 28, 2024, 5:29 PM IST

New Delhi: The CPI(M) on Thursday released its first list of 44 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The list, which was shared by the party on X, includes 15 candidates for Kerala, including sitting MP A M Arif from Alappuzha, former health minister K K Shailaja, and Rajya Sabha MP E Kareem. The CPI(M) announced 17 names for West Bengal, including Md Salim from Murshidabad. The names had been announced earlier by the party's state unit.

It named two candidates for Tamil Nadu -- sitting MP S Venkatesan from Madurai and R Sachidhanandham from Dindigul. The party also announced one candidate each for Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Karnataka, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Tripura.

Last Updated : Mar 28, 2024, 5:29 PM IST

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