AP: Jana Sena Party releases first list of candidates for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections

Janasena Chief Pawan Kalyan on Wednesday announced the first list of candidates contesting from Jana Sena Party (JSP) for upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

JSP is the first party to announce the list of candidates for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.

The party announced names of four candidates for Lok Sabha and 32 candidates for Assembly seats, thereby ruling out any alliance.

Here isthe list of candidates:

Parliament Candidates

1. Amalapuram : D.M. R Sekhar2. Rajahmundry : Akula Satyanarayana 3. Visakhapatnam: Gedela Srinu Babu4. Anakapalli: Chintala Partha Saradhi

Assembly Candidates

1. Yalamanchili: Sundarapu Vijay Kumar2. Payakaraopet: Nakka Rajababu3. Paderu: Pasupuleti Balaraju4. Rajam: Mucha Srinivasa Rao5. Srikakulam: Koraada Sarveswara Rao6. Palaasa: Kotha Purnachandra Rao7. Echerla: Baadana Venkata Janardhan(Jana)8. Nellimarla: Lokam Naga Madhavi9. Tuni: Raja Ashok Babu10. Rajahmundry city: Kandula Durgesh11. Rajole: Raapaka Vara Prasad12. P. Gannavaram: Pamula Rajeswari13. Kakinada City: Muttha Sasidhar14. Anaparthi: Relangi Nageswara Rao15. Mummidivaram: Pitani Balakrishna16. Mandapeta: Vegulla Leelakrishna17. Tadepalligudem: Bolisetty Srinivas 18. Unguturu: Navudu Venkataramana19. Eluru: Reddy Appalanaidu20. Tenali: Nadendla Manohar21. Guntur West: Thota Chandrasekhar22. Prathipadu: Ravela Kishore Babu23. Vemuru: A Bharat Bhushan24. Narasaraopet: Sayyed Jilani25. Kaavali: Pasupuleti Sudhakar26. Nellore Rural: Chennareddy Manukranth Reddy27. Adoni: Mallikarjuna Rao (Mallappa)28. Dharmavaram. Madhusudhan Reddy29. Rajampet: Patthipati Kusuma Kumari30. Railway Koduru: Bonasi Venkata Subbaih31. Punganuru: Bode Ramachandra Yadav32. Machilipatnam: Bandi Ramakrishna

The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that Andhra Pradesh will go to polls in a single phase on April 11. Both the Lok Sabha and legislative assembly polls will be held in the state simultaneously.

The state assembly has 175 seats while Parliamentary elections will be held across 25 seats. Notably, this would be the first assembly elections in the region post-bifurcation.