J&K assembly election: BJP releases third list of 29 candidates

The elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases -- September 18, September 25 and October 1.

The BJP on Tuesday released its third list of 29 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

The list includes 10 candidates for the second phase of polls and 19 for the third phase.

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Polling in J&K will be held in three phases on September 18, 25, and October 1, according to the Election Commission. The counting of votes will take place on October 4.

Habbakadal: Ashok Bhat

Gulabgarh: Akram Chaudhary

Reasi: Kuldeep Raj Dubey

Mata Vaishno Devi: Baldev Raj Sharma

Kalakote-Sunderbani: Thakur Randhir Singh

Budhal: Chowdhary Zulfikar Ali

Thannamandi: Iqbal Malik

Surankote: Syed Mushtaq Ahmad Bukhari

Poonch Haveli: Chowdhary Abdul Ghani

Mendhar: Murtaza Khan

Udhampur West: Pawan Gupta

Chenani: Balwant Singh Mankotia

Ramnagar: Sunil Bhardwaj

Bani: Jeevan Lal

Billawar: Satish Sharma

Basohli: Darshan Singh

Jasrota: Rajiv Jasrotia

Hiranagar: Vijay Kumar Sharma

Ramgarh: Devinder Kumar Maniyal

Samba: Surjit Singh Slathia

Vijaypur: Chandra Prakash Ganga

Suchetgarh: Gharu Ram Bhagat

RS Pura-Jammu South: Narinder Singh Raina

Jammu East: Yudhvir Sethi

Nagrota: Devinder Singh Rana

Jammu West: Arvind Gupta

Jammu North: Sham Lal Sharma

Akhnoor: Mohan Lal Bhagat

Chhamb: Rajeev Sharma

The first list  was released on Monday in which the BJP named 15 candidates for seats going to polls in phase 1 on September 18. The BJP, which has major presence in the Jammu region, has also fielded candidates for a few seats in the Kashmir Valley, including Pampore, Shopian, Anantnag West and Anantnag.