HOW CASTE HOLDS THE KEY IN LOK SABHA SEATS

BAREILLY

CHAPRA

DHARMAPURI

Dominant caste(s): Muslim, Kurmi

(OBC), Jatav (SC)

Dominant caste(s): Yadav, Rajput,

Muslim, SCs

Dominant caste(s): Vanniyar,

dalits

Candidates: Ayesha Islam (SP,

Muslim); Santosh Gangwar (BJP,
OBC); Umesh Gautam (BSP, OBC);
Praveen Singh Aron (Cong, Vaish)

Candidates: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

(BJP, Rajput); Rabri Devi (RJD,
Yadav); Salim Parvez (JD-U,
Muslim)

Candidates: Ambumani Ramadoss

(PMK, Vanniyar)l PS Mohan
(AIADMK, Vanniyar); R Thamiraj
Selvan (DMK, Vanniyar)

2 BAHRAICH

HAJIPUR

Dominant caste(s): Muslim, Brahmin,

Thakur, Yadav, Kurmi, Jatav

Dominant caste(s): Rajput, Yadav,

SCs, Muslim

Candidates: Shabbir Ahmad Valmiki

(SP, Muslim Dalit): Savitri Bai Phule
(BJP, Dalit); Vijay Kumar (BSP,
Dalit); Kamal Kishor (Cong, Dalit)

Candidates: Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP,

Dusadh); Ram Sundar Das (JD-U,
Chamar); Sanjiv Prasad Tony (Cong,
Dusadh)

3 AZAMGARH

MADHEPURA

Dominant caste(s): Yadav, Muslim,

Thakur, Kurmi, Brahmin, Jatav

Dominant caste(s): Yadav, Muslim,

Musahar, Brahmin, Rajput

Candidates: Mulayam Singh Yadav

(SP, Yadav); Ramakant Yadav (BJP,
Yadav); Shah Alam (BSP, Muslim);
Arvind Jaiswal (Cong, Vaish)

Candidates: Sharad Yadav (JD-U,

Yadav); Pappu Yadav (RJD, Yadav);
Vijay Singh Kushwaha (BJP, Koeri)

4 LUCKNOW
Dominant 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 MATHURA

SASARAM

Dominant caste(s): Chamar,

Paswan, Brahmin, Rajput, Muslim,
Yadav, Kurmi
Candidates: Meira Kumar (Cong,
Chamar); Chhedi Paswan (BJP,
Dusadh); KP Ramaiah (JD-U,
Chamar)

NALANDA

Dominant caste(s): Brahmin, Jat,

Thakur, Vaish, Muslim, Jatav

Dominant candidate(s): Kurmi,

Yadav, Muslim, Koeri, Bhumihar

Candidates: Hema Malini (BJP,

Brahmin); Jayant Chaudhury (RLD,
Jat), Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi (BSP,
Brahmin)

Candidates: Kaushalendra Kumar

(JD-U, Kurmi); Ashish Ranjan
Sinha (Cong, Kurmi); Satyanand
Sharma (LJP, EBC)

KANYAKUMARI

REWA

Dominant caste(s): Brahmin, Kurmi

Candidates: Janardan Mishra (BJP,
Brahmin); Sunderlal Tiwari (Cong,
Brahmin); Poornanand Tiwari (AAP,
Brahmin); Deoraj Singh Patel (BSP,
OBC)

DAMOH

Dominant caste(s): Nadar, Christian

Dominant caste(s): Lodhi (OBC)

Candidates: Pon Radhakrishnan (BJP,

Nadar); M Thangam (AIADMK,
Catholic); FM Rajaratinam (DMK,
Catholic); SP Udaya Kumar (AAP,
Nadar); Bellarmine (CPM, Catholic)

Candidates: Prahlad Patel (BJP,

Lodhi); Chaudhary Mahendra Singh
Patel (Cong, Lodhi)

COIMBATORE

Dominant caste(s): Goundar, Naidu

Candidates: Ganesh Kumar (DMK,
Balaja Naidu); PR Natarajan (CPM,
Palakkad Aiyer);AP Nagarajan
(AIADMK, Gounder)

VIRUDHUNAGAR

Dominant caste(s): Naidu or

Naicker, Nadar, Raju
Candidates: Vaiko (MDMK, Naicker);
D Radhakrishnan (AIADMK,
Thevar); S Rethinavelu (DMK,
Nadar); Manicka Tagore (Cong,
Thevar); Samuel Raj (CPM, dalit)

THANJAVUR

Dominant caste(s): Thevar and

sub-caste Kallar, Muslim,
Christian, dalit
Candidates: TR Baalu (DMK,
Thevar); K Parasuraman
(AIADMK, Kallar), S Tamil Selvi
(CPM, Kallar)

MORENA

Dominant caste: Rajput

Candidates: Anoop Mishra (BJP,
Brahmin); Govind Singh (Cong,
Rajput)

GWALIOR

Dominant caste: Rajput

Candidates: Narendra Singh Tomar
(BJP, Rajput); Ashok Singh (Cong,
OBC)

INDORE

Dominant caste(s): Upper castes

(Maharashtrian, Vaish), OBC
Candidates: Sumitra Mahajan (BJP,
Maharashtrian Brahmin);
Satyanarayan Patel (Cong, OBC)

JAIPUR RURAL

Dominant caste(s): Jat, Brahmin,

Rajput, Yadav, Gurjar, SC
Candidates: CP Joshi (Cong,
Brahmin), Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore (BJP, Rajput); Naveen
Pilani (National Peoples Party, Jat)

BARMER

Dominant caste(s): Jat, Rajput,

Sindhi Muslim, SC, Rajpurohit, Kalbi
Candidates: Harish Chaudhary
(Congress, Jat); Sonaram Chaudhary
(BJP, Jat); Jaswant Singh
(Independent, Rajput)

3 TONK SAWAI MADHOPUR

Dominant caste(s): Muslim,
Gurjar, Meena, Brahmin, Mali
Candidates: Mohd Azaharuddin
(Congress, Muslim); Sukhbir
Jaunpuria (BJP, Gurjar)

AJMER

Dominant caste(s): Gurjar,

Rawat, Jat, SC, Muslim
Candidates: Sachin Pilot
(Congress, Gurjar); Sanwar Lal
Jat (BJP, Jat)

JHALAWAR-BARAN

ROHTAK

Dominant caste(s): Jat

Candidates: Deepender Hooda (Cong,
Jat); OP Dhankhar (BJP, Jat);
Shamsher Kharkhara (INLD, Jat )

KURUKSHETRA

Dominant caste(s): Jat, SCs, Saini

Candidates: Naveen Jindal (Cong,
Bania); RK Saini (BJP, BC); BS Saini
(INLD, BC)

KARNAL

Dominant caste(s): Jat, Punjabi

Khatri, Brahmin
Candidates: Arvind Sharma (Cong,
Brahmin); Ashwani Chopra (BJP,
Khatri); Jaswinder Sandhu (INLD,
Jat Sikh)

SONEPAT

Dominant caste(s): Jat, Brahmin

Candidates: Jagbir Malik (Cong, Jat);
Ramesh Kaushik (BJP, Brahmin);
Padam Dahiya (INLD, Jat)

AMBALA

Dominant caste(s): SCs

Candidates: RK Balmiki (Cong, SC);
RL Kataria (BJP, SC); Kusum
Sherwal (INLD, SC)

Dominant caste(s): Rajput,

Gurjar, Baniya, ST, Patel
Candidates: Dushyant Singh (BJP,
Jat); Pramod Jain Bhaya
(Congress, Baniya)

GRAPHIC: SANJAY KAPOOR

Compiled by Rahul Karmakar with inputs from Ranjan Srivastava in Bhopal, KV Lakshmana in Chennai, Ashok Kumar Mishra in Patna, Rashpal Singh
Bhardwaj 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)