Delhi elections 2025: BJP releases second list of candidates; fields ex-AAP leader Kapil Mishra from Karawal Nagar

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its second list of candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The list includes 29 candidates, with Kapil Mishra set to contest from Karawal Nagar.

Delhi is set to undergo polling on February 5, with counting of votes scheduled for February 8.

In a meeting chaired by National President J.P. Nadda and attended by prominent party leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, the names of the candidates were finalized, the party said in a media release.


The BJP released its first list of candidates for 29 assembly seats on January 4. Earlier on Saturday, ET had reported that Mishra's name may feature in the second list.

Key candidates in the second list include Raj Karan Khatri, fielded from Narela; Manish Chaudhary from Okhla; Priyanka Gautam from Kondli.

The five-year tenure of the Delhi Assembly will conclude in February, and elections are expected to witness a fierce contest between the BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the Indian National Congress (INC).

Delhi elections: BJP's second list

1. Narela: Raj Karan Khatri
2. Timarpur: Rajiv Kumar Batra
3. Tri Nagar: Tilak Ram Gupta
4. Mundka: Rajendra Daral
5. Kirari: Bajrang Shukla
6. Sultanpur Majra (SC): Karma Singh Karma
7. Shakur Basti: Kamal Singh
8. Sadar Bazar: Manoj Kumar Jindal
9. Chandni Chowk: Satish Jain
10. Matia Mahal: Deepti Indora
11. Ballimaran: Karan Bagri
12. Moti Nagar: Harish Khurana
13. Madipur (SC): Urmila Kailash Gangwal
14. Hari Nagar: Shyam Sharma
15. Tilak Nagar: Shweta Saini
16. Vikaspuri: Pankaj Kumar Singh
17. Uttam Nagar: Pawan Sharma
18. Dwarka: Pradyumn Rajput
19. Matiala: Sandeep Sehrawat
20. Najafgarh: Neelam Pehlawan
21. Palam: Kuldeep Solanki
22. Rajinder Nagar: Maninder Bajaj
23. Kasturba Nagar: Neeraj Basoya
24. Tughlakabad: Rohtas Bidhuri
25. Okhla: Manish Chaudhary
26. Kondli (SC): Priyanka Gautam
27. Laxmi Nagar: Abhay Verma
28. Seelampur: Anil Gaur
29. Karawal Nagar: Kapil Mishra