Assembly bypolls: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced its candidates for the upcoming Assembly by-elections in Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and West Bengal. The part has given tickets to all six disqualified MLAs, who had previously left the Congress to join the BJP, to contest in the Himachal Pradesh assembly by-elections.
For Gujarat bypolls, the BJP has given tickets to four MLAs who resigned from the Congress party. Additionally, independent MLA Dharmendra Singh Vaghela, who also resigned, has been nominated as a candidate by the BJP.
Here's list of candidates
Gujarat
| Assembly name | Name of candidate | |
| 1. | Vijapur | Dr Chatursinh Javanji Chavda |
| 2. | Porbandar | Arjunbhai Devabhai Modhvadiya |
| 3. | Manavadar | Arvindbhai Jinabha Ladani |
| 4. | Khambhat | Chiragkumar Arvindbhai Patel |
| 5. | Vaghodia | Dharmendrasinh Ranubha Vaghela |
Himachal Pradesh
| Assembly name | Name of candidate | |
| 1. | Dharamshala | Sudhir Sharma |
| 2. | Lahaul & Spiti (ST) | Ravi Thakur |
| 3. | Sujanpur | Rajinder Rana |
| 4. | Barsar | Inder Dutt Lakhanpal |
| 5. | Gagret | Chaitanya Sharma |
| 6. | Kutlehar | Devinder Kumar (Bhutto) |
Karnataka
| Assembly name | Name of candidate | |
| 1. | Shorapur (ST) | Narasimhanayak (Rajugouda) |
West Bengal
| Assembly name | Name of candidate | |
| 1. | Bhagawangola | Bhaskar Sarkar |
| 2. | Baranagar | Sajal Ghosh |
Assembly bypolls
By-elections to 26 Assembly seats across 13 States, including six constituencies in Himachal Pradesh where Congress MLAs were disqualified for rebellion, will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections beginning April 19.
"There are 26 Assembly constituencies where by-elections are due. These are in Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu," Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said at a press conference in News Delhi on March 16.
