Lok Sabha polls: Yusuf Pathan and Mahua Moitra among Trinamool's 42 candidates. Here's the full list

Yusuf Pathan will contest from Berhampore which is currently represented by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the party’s Lok Sabha list of 42 candidates during a mega public rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade grounds on March 10.

Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and party leader Mahua Moitra are among the candidates. Pathan will contest from Berhampore which is currently represented by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Expelled Lok Sabha MP Moitra will contest from Krishnanagar.

Among some of the prominent names, Bengali film actor Dipak Adhikary will contest from his usual constituency Ghatal, former cricketer Kirti Azad from Bardhaman-Durgapur, and Bollywood veteran Shatrughan Sinha will contest from Asansol.

The party renominated 16 sitting MPs and fielded 12 women.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led the parade of candidates in Kolkata.

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Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and party leader Mahua Moitra are among the candidates of the party. pic.twitter.com/9pS9QdAwE3 — ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2024

Addressing the "Jana Garjan Sabha" rally, Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee alleged that BJP is "anti-Bengal". Banerjee will be contesting from the Diamond Harbour constituency.

Sitting MP and actor Nusrat Jahan from Basirhat  (the constituency of Sandeshkhali) was dropped from the list. Haji Nurul Islam will be contesting from the seat.

Actor Saayoni Ghosh will be contesting from the Jadavpur constituency following actor Mimi Chankraborty's announcement that she wanted to quit politics.

Here's the full list of 42 candidates:

Cooch Behar – Jagdish Chandra Basunia

Alipurduar – Prakash Chik Baraik (Rajya Sabha member)

Jalpaiguri – Nirmal Chandra Rai (MLA)

Darjeeling – Gopal Lama

Raiganj – Krishna Kalyani

Balurghat – Biplab Mitra (minister)

Malda North – Prasun Banerjee (former IPS officer)

Malda South – Shanawaz Ali Rehman

Jangipur – Khalilur Rehman

Baharampur – Yusuf Pathan (Former Indian cricketer)

Murshidabad – Abu Taher Khan

Krishnanagar - Mahua Moitra

Ranaghat – Mukut Mani Adhikari (BJP MLA)

Bangaon - Biswajit das

Barrackpore – Partha Bhowmick (minister)

Dum Dum – Saugata Roy (MP)

Barasat - Kakali Ghosh Dastidar (MP)

Basirhat – Haji Nurul Islam

Joynagar – Pratima Mondal

Mathurapur – Bapi Haldar

Diamond Harbour – Abhishek Banerjee

Jadavpur- Saayoni Ghosh (youth TMC president)

Kolkata South – Mala Roy (MP)

Kolkata North – Sudip Bandopadhyay (MP)

Howrah- Prasun Banerjee (MP)

Uluberia- Sajda Ahmed

Srirampur – Kalyan Banerjee (MP)

Hooghly- Rachana Banerjee (Actor)

Arambagh- Mitali Bagh

Tamluk – Debangshu Bhattacharya

Kanthi – Uttam Barik

Ghatal – Dipak Adhikari (MP)

Jhargram – Kalipada Soren

Medinipur – June Maliah (MLA)

Purulia – Shantiram Mahato

Bankura – Arup Chakraborty (MLA)

Bishnupur – Sujata Mondal Khan (incumbent BJP MP's ex-wife)

Burdwan – Dr Sharmila Sarkar

Burdwan-Durgapur- Kirti Azad (ex-cricketer)

Asansol – Shatrughan Sinha (MP)

Bolur – Asit Mal (MP)

Birbhum – Shatabdi Roy (MP)

The CM said the Trinamool Congress will contest Lok Sabha elections alone in all 42 seats in the state.