New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will contest from Maninagar seat in Ahmedabad as the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) on November 19 announced its first list of 144 candidates for the state Assembly polls.

Former Gujarat BJP president Vajubhai Vala will contest from Rajkot-II, the seat won by Modi, party spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters in Ahmedabad.

The list contains 82 sitting MLAs, two former MPs and three former MLAs, he said adding 12 sitting MLAs have been denied tickets.

Ten aspirants belonging to Scheduled Castes, 26 to Scheduled Tribes and seven women find their names in the list for the December 12 polls.

PTI