Akhilesh Yadav-led party plans to contest all 230 seats in Parliament from now
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Sunday announced a list of nine candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections scheduled for November 17.
SP leader Yash Bhartiya said the names of six candidates in the list were announced earlier while three new names were added to it.
“The nine candidates include former MLA Meera Deepak Yadav, who has been elected from Niwari constituency,” Bhartiya said.
The Akhilesh Yadav-led party plans to contest all the 230 seats in Parliament from now, he said.
Besides Niwari, candidates have been announced for Rajnagar, Bhander, Dhauhani, Chitrangi, Sirmaur, Bijawar, Katangi and Sidhi assembly seats.
The SP won one seat – Bijawar in Chhatarpur district – in the 2018 assembly elections.
When the Congress failed to secure a majority despite emerging as the single largest party in the previous polls, two BSP MLAs, one SP legislator and four independents provided outside support to the then Kamal Nath-led government.
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First published: October 15, 2023 | 11:40 p.m IST