DHARMAPURIDominant caste(s): Vanniyar, dalits
Candidates: Ambumani Ramadoss (PMK, Vanniyar)l PS Mohan(AIADMK, Vanniyar); R ThamirajSelvan (DMK, Vanniyar)
KANYAKUMARIDominant caste(s): Nadar, Christian
Candidates: Pon Radhakrishnan (BJP, Nadar); M Thangam (AIADMK,Catholic); FM Rajaratinam (DMK,Catholic); SP Udaya Kumar (AAP, Nadar); Bellarmine (CPM, Catholic)
COIMBATOREDominant caste(s): Goundar, Naidu
Candidates: Ganesh Kumar (DMK,Balaja Naidu); PR Natarajan (CPM,Palakkad Aiyer);AP Nagarajan(AIADMK, Gounder)
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VIRUDHUNAGARDominant caste(s): Naidu orNaicker, Nadar, Raju
Candidates: Vaiko (MDMK, Naicker);D Radhakrishnan (AIADMK,Thevar); S Rethinavelu (DMK,Nadar); Manicka Tagore (Cong,Thevar); Samuel Raj (CPM, dalit)
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THANJAVURDominant caste(s): Thevar andsub-caste Kallar, Muslim,Christian, dalit
Candidates: TR Baalu (DMK,Thevar); K Parasuraman(AIADMK, Kallar), S Tamil Selvi(CPM, Kallar)
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ROHTAKDominant caste(s): Jat
Candidates: Deepender Hooda (Cong,Jat); OP Dhankhar (BJP, Jat);Shamsher Kharkhara (INLD, Jat )
KURUKSHETRADominant caste(s): Jat, SCs, Saini
Candidates: Naveen Jindal (Cong,Bania); RK Saini (BJP, BC); BS Saini(INLD, BC)
KARNALDominant caste(s): Jat, PunjabiKhatri, Brahmin
Candidates: Arvind Sharma (Cong,Brahmin); Ashwani Chopra (BJP, Khatri); Jaswinder Sandhu (INLD, Jat Sikh)
SONEPATDominant caste(s): Jat, Brahmin
Candidates: Jagbir Malik (Cong, Jat);Ramesh Kaushik (BJP, Brahmin);Padam Dahiya (INLD, Jat)
AMBALADominant caste(s): SCs
Candidates: RK Balmiki (Cong, SC);RL Kataria (BJP, SC); KusumSherwal (INLD, SC)
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2 BAHRAICHDominant caste(s): Muslim, Brahmin,Thakur, Yadav, Kurmi, Jatav
Candidates: Shabbir Ahmad Valmiki(SP, Muslim Dalit): Savitri Bai Phule(BJP, Dalit); Vijay Kumar (BSP, Dalit); Kamal Kishor (Cong, Dalit)
4 LUCKNOWDominant caste(s): Muslim, Vaish,Brahmin, Thakur, Yadav
Candidates: Rajnath Singh (BJP, Thakur); Rita Bahuguna Joshi(Cong, Brahmin); Ashok Bajpai(SP, Brahmin); Nakul Dubey (BSP, Brahmin)
5 MATHURADominant caste(s): Brahmin, Jat,Thakur, Vaish, Muslim, Jatav
Candidates: Hema Malini (BJP, Brahmin); Jayant Chaudhury (RLD, Jat), Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi (BSP, Brahmin)
3 AZAMGARHDominant caste(s): Yadav, Muslim,Thakur, Kurmi, Brahmin, Jatav
Candidates: Mulayam Singh Yadav (SP, Yadav); Ramakant Yadav (BJP, Yadav); Shah Alam (BSP, Muslim);Arvind Jaiswal (Cong, Vaish)
BAREILLYDominant caste(s): Muslim, Kurmi(OBC), Jatav (SC)
Candidates: Ayesha Islam (SP, Muslim); Santosh Gangwar (BJP, OBC); Umesh Gautam (BSP, OBC);Praveen Singh Aron (Cong, Vaish)
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HAJIPURDominant caste(s): Rajput, Yadav,SCs, Muslim
Candidates: Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP, Dusadh); Ram Sundar Das (JD-U, Chamar); Sanjiv Prasad Tony (Cong,Dusadh)
SASARAMDominant caste(s): Chamar, Paswan, Brahmin, Rajput, Muslim,Yadav, Kurmi
Candidates: Meira Kumar (Cong,Chamar); Chhedi Paswan (BJP, Dusadh); KP Ramaiah (JD-U, Chamar)
NALANDADominant candidate(s): Kurmi,Yadav, Muslim, Koeri, Bhumihar
Candidates: Kaushalendra Kumar(JD-U, Kurmi); Ashish RanjanSinha (Cong, Kurmi); SatyanandSharma (LJP, EBC)
MADHEPURADominant caste(s): Yadav, Muslim,Musahar, Brahmin, Rajput
Candidates: Sharad Yadav (JD-U, Yadav); Pappu Yadav (RJD, Yadav); Vijay Singh Kushwaha (BJP, Koeri)
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CHAPRADominant caste(s): Yadav, Rajput,Muslim, SCs
Candidates: Rajiv Pratap Rudy(BJP, Rajput); Rabri Devi (RJD, Yadav); Salim Parvez (JD-U, Muslim)
1 REWADominant caste(s): Brahmin, Kurmi
Candidates: Janardan Mishra (BJP, Brahmin); Sunderlal Tiwari (Cong,Brahmin); Poornanand Tiwari (AAP, Brahmin); Deoraj Singh Patel (BSP, OBC)
DAMOHDominant caste(s): Lodhi (OBC)
Candidates: Prahlad Patel (BJP, Lodhi); Chaudhary Mahendra SinghPatel (Cong, Lodhi)
MORENADominant caste: Rajput
Candidates: Anoop Mishra (BJP, Brahmin); Govind Singh (Cong,Rajput)
GWALIORDominant caste: Rajput
Candidates: Narendra Singh Tomar(BJP, Rajput); Ashok Singh (Cong,OBC)
INDOREDominant caste(s): Upper castes (Maharashtrian, Vaish), OBC
Candidates: Sumitra Mahajan (BJP, Maharashtrian Brahmin);Satyanarayan Patel (Cong, OBC)
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JAIPUR RURALDominant caste(s): Jat, Brahmin,Rajput, Yadav, Gurjar, SC
Candidates: CP Joshi (Cong,Brahmin), Rajyavardhan SinghRathore (BJP, Rajput); NaveenPilani (National Peoples’ Party, Jat)
BARMERDominant caste(s): Jat, Rajput,Sindhi Muslim, SC, Rajpurohit, Kalbi
Candidates: Harish Chaudhary(Congress, Jat); Sonaram Chaudhary(BJP, Jat); Jaswant Singh(Independent, Rajput)
AJMERDominant caste(s): Gurjar, Rawat, Jat, SC, Muslim
Candidates: Sachin Pilot(Congress, Gurjar); Sanwar LalJat (BJP, Jat)
JHALAWAR-BARANDominant caste(s): Rajput,Gurjar, Baniya, ST, Patel
Candidates: Dushyant Singh (BJP, Jat); Pramod Jain Bhaya(Congress, Baniya)
Dominant caste(s): Muslim,Gurjar, Meena, Brahmin, Mali
Candidates: Mohd Azaharuddin(Congress, Muslim); SukhbirJaunpuria (BJP, Gurjar)
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TONK SAWAI MADHOPUR
Compiled by Rahul Karmakar with inputs from Ranjan Srivastava in Bhopal, KV Lakshmana in Chennai, Ashok Kumar Mishra in Patna, Rashpal SinghBhardwaj and Arvind Singh in Jaipur, Masoodul Hasan in Lucknow, Hitender Rao and Pawan Sharma in Chandigarh, Rajesh Upadhyay and Sanjoy Dey
in Ranchi, Ramesh Babu in Thiruvananthapuram, Gaurav Bisht in Mohali(Population figures as per 2011 census; voter composition collated from 1931 caste census, 2001 religious census and government estimates)
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