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BJP candidates first list: Nominees to 12 Kerala Lok Sabha seats announced | Anil Antony, Suresh Gopi and others

As expected, actor Suresh Gopi will fight from Thrissur

From left: BJP candidates Sobha Surendran, Suresh Gopi and Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Official Facebook photos)

BJP National General Secretary Vinod Tawde on Saturday released a 195-strong list of candidates fighting the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The list, first to be announced by the ruling party, premiered the names of 12 candidates fighting from Kerala. While veteran MT Ramesh was fielded from Kozhikode, Anil Antony, son of former Defence Minister and Congress veteran AK Antony, was fielded from Pathanamthitta. 

As expected, popular Malayalam actor Suresh Gopi was fielded from the Thrissur constituency while Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar was declared as the party's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is the sitting Thiruvananthapuram MP. Veteran communist leader Pannian Ravindran is also in the fray from the seat.  

BJP Kerala state unite chief K Surendran's name didn't feature in the 12-member list. There were reports that Surendran had confirmed that he would not contest the upcoming polls. The southern state has a total of 20 Lok Sabha seats.

LOK SABHA POLLS 2024: KERALA BJP CANDIDATES FIRST LIST:

Palakkad: C Krishnakumar

Thrissur: Suresh Gopi

Alappuzha: Sobha Surendran 

Pathanamthitta: Anil Antony 

Thiruvananthapuram: Rajeev Chandrasekhar 

Kozhikode: MT Ramesh 

Malappuram: Dr Abdul Salam

Ponnani: Nivedita Subrahmanian

Attingal: V Muralidharan

Vadakara: Praful Krishna

Kasaragod: ML Ashwini

Kannur: C Raghunath