Jana Sena Party (JSP) has released the first list of candidates for four Lok Sabha (LS) and 32 Assembly constituencies a few hours before the party's formation day celebrations began at Rajahmundry on Thursday.
ONGC former executive director D.M.R. Sekhar has been chosen for Amalapuram (SC) LS constituency and former MLA Akula Satyanarayana, who had defected from the BJP, has been chosen for Rajahmundry LS seat.
Businessman and philanthropist Gedela Srinibabu is the JSP candidate for the high-profile Visakhapatnam LS constituency while party general secretary Chintala Parthasarathy is being fielded from Anakapalli.
For the Assembly constituencies, former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Nadendla Manohar is the most prominent one being fielded from Tenali. Former MLA Ravela Kishore Babu, who quit TDP, has been picked up for Prathipadu (SC) seat in Guntur district.
Former minister Pasupuleti Balaraju has got the nomination from Paderu constituency in Visakhapatnam district.
Other candidates are:
Sundarapu Vijaya Kumar - Yalamanchili
Nakka Raja Babu - Payakaraopet
Muccha Srinivasa Rao - Rajam
Korada Sarveswara Rao - Srikakulam
K. Purnachandra Rao - Palasa
B.V. Janardhan - Etcherla
Lokam Naga Madhavi - Nellimarla
Raja Ashok Babu - Tuni
Kandula Durgesh - Rajahmundry rural
Rapaka Vara Prasad - Razole
Pamula Rajeswari - P.Gannavaram
Mutha Sasidhar - Kakinada city
Relangi Nageswara Rao - Anaparthi
Pithani Balakrishna- Mummidivaram
Vegulla Leela Krishna - Mandapet
Bolisetti Srinivas - Tadepalligudem
N. Venkata Ramana - Unguturu
Reddi Appala Naidu - Eluru
Thota Chandrasekhar - Guntur west
A. Bharat Bhushan - Vemuru
Syed Jilani - Narasaraopet
P. Sudhakar - Kavali
Chennareddy Manukrant Reddy - Nellore rural
Mallikarjuna Rao - Adoni
Madhusudhan Reddy - Dharmavaram
P. Kusuma Kumari - Rajampet
B. Venkata Subbaiah - Railway Koduru
B. Ramachandra Yadav - Punganuru
Bandi Ramakrishna - Machilipatnam