UP Assembly Elections 2022: Congress releases second list of 41 candidates

The Congress today released its second list of candidates for Uttar Pradesh elections.

The list names 41 candidates, including 16 women. In the party’s first list of 125 candidates, 40 per cent were women candidates.

The list includes Poonam Pandit, who has been fielded from the Syana Assembly constituency.


She is an international shooter and rose to limelight during the farmers agitation against the three farm laws, which were later repealed.

The list also includes Sikander Valmiki from Agra Cantt (SC) seat. Valmiki is the District President the Akhil Bhartiya Valmiki Mahasabha and also the State president of Karmchari Sangh of Uttar Pradesh Nagar Nigam water department.

Last week, the party announced candidates for assembly polls from Noida, Dadri and Jewar constituencies in Gautam Buddh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will be conducted in seven phases starting on February 10. The counting of votes for 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh will be done on March 10.