Some of the political heavyweights contesting the lok sabha elections 2019 are PM Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, BJP chief Amit Shah and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Interestingly, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, contested from two seats this time, in UP's Amethi, where he has been challenged once again by Union Minister Smriti Irani and Kerala's Wayanad. Amit Shah is the party's candidate from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. He replaced party veteran LK Advani.
List of Lok Sabha Election 2019 High Weightage Candidates & Their Positions:
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Hema Malini Mathura Leading BJP,
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Jyotiraditya Scindia Guna Trailing CONG,
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Pragya Singh Thakur Bhopal Leading BJP,
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Rahul Gandhi Amethi Trailing CONG,
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Rahul Gandhi Wayanad Leading CONG,
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Shashi Tharoor Thiruvananthapuram Leading CONG,
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Salman Khurshid Farrukhabad Trailing CONG,
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R P N Singh Kushi Nagar Trailing CONG,
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Deepa Dasmunsi Raiganj Trailing CONG,
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Abhijit Mukherjee Jangipur Trailing CONG,
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Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Baharampur Leading CONG,
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Pawan Kumar Bansal Chandigarh Trailing CONG,
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Sheila Dikshit North East Delhi Trailing CONG,
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Ajay Maken New Delhi Trailing CONG,
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Kirti Azad Dhanbad Trailing CONG,
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Manish Khanduri Garhwal Trailing CONG,
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Harish Rawat Nainital Udhamsingh Nagar Trailing CONG,
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Kanhaiya Kumar Begusarai Trailing CPI,
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M B Rajesh Palakkad Trailing CPM,
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Mohammed Salim Raiganj Trailing CPM, Dayanidhi Maran Chennai Central Leading DMK,
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A Raja Nilgiris Leading DMK, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi Thoothukkudi Leading DMK,
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Sumalatha Ambareesh Mandya Leading IND-BJP,
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Arjun Singh Chautala Kurukshetra Trailing INLD,
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Pappu Yadav Madhepura Trailing JAPL,
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S Madhu Bangarappa Shimoga Trailing JDS,
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Prajwal Revanna Hassan Leading JDS,
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H D Devegowda Tumkur Trailing JDS,
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Nikhil Kumaraswamy Mandya Trailing JDS,
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Farooq Abdullah Srinagar Leading JKNC,
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Bhim Singh Jammu Trailing JKNPP,
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Shibu Soren Dumka Leading JMM,
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V V Lakshmi Narayana Visakhapatnam Trailing JSP,
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Babu Lal Marandi Kodarma Trailing JVM,
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Chirag Paswan Jamui Leading LJP,
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Parth Pawar Maval Trailing NCP,
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Supriya Sule Baramati Leading NCP,
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Agatha K Sangma Tura Leading NPP,
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Mehbooba Mufti Anantnag Trailing PDP,
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Shivpal Singh Yadav Firozabad Trailing PSPL,
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Sharad Yadav Madhepura Trailing RJD,
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Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Vaishali Trailing RJD,
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Misa Bharti Pataliputra Leading RJD,
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Ajit Singh Muzaffarnagar Leading RLD,
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Jayant Chaudhary Baghpat Trailing RLD,
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Azam Khan Rampur Leading SP,
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Mulayam Singh Yadav Mainpuri Leading SP,
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Dharmendra Yadav Badaun Trailing SP,
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Dimple Yadav Kannauj Leading SP,
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Akhilesh Yadav Azamgarh Leading SP,
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Ashok Gajapathi Raju Vizianagaram Trailing TDP,
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Mahua Moitra Krishnanagar Leading TMC,
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Dinesh Trivedi Barrackpore Leading TMC,
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Saugata Roy Dum Dum Leading TMC,
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Abhishek Banerjee Diamond Harbour Leading TMC,
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Moon Moon Sen Asansol Trailing TMC,
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K Kavitha Nizamabad Trailing TRS,
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Prakash Ambedkar Akola Trailing VBA,
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Prakash Ambedkar Solapur Trailing VBA,
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Y S Avinash Reddy Kadapa Leading YSRC,
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Nitin Gadkari Nagpur Leading BJP,
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Hansraj Ahir Chandrapur Leading BJP,
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Poonam Mahajan Mumbai North-Central Leading BJP,
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Jual Oram Sundargarh Leading BJP,
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Baijayant Panda Kendrapara Trailing BJP,
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Sambit Patra Puri Trailing BJP,
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Sunny Deol Gurdaspur Leading BJP,
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Arjun Ram Meghwal Bikaner Leading BJP,
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Rajyavardhan Rathore Jaipur Rural Leading BJP,
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Gajendra Shekhawat Jodhpur Leading BJP,
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Dushyant Singh Jhalawar-Baran Leading BJP,
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Pon Radhakrishnan Kanniyakumari Trailing BJP,
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Jayaprada Nahata Rampur Trailing BJP,
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Satya Pal Singh Baghpat Leading BJP,
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V K Singh Ghaziabad Leading BJP,
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Mahesh Sharma Gautam Buddha Nagar Leading BJP,
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Ajay Singh Sidhi Trailing CONG,
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Nakul Nath Chhindwara Leading CONG,
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Digvijaya Singh Bhopal Trailing CONG,
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Ashok Chavan Nanded Trailing CONG,
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Urmila Matondkar Mumbai North Trailing CONG,
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Priya Dutt Mumbai North-Central Trailing CONG,
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Milind Murli Deora Mumbai South Trailing CONG,
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Shushil Kumar Shinde Solapur Trailing CONG,
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Dr Mukul Sangma Tura Trailing CONG,
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George Tirkey Sundargarh Trailing CONG,
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Sunil Kumar Jakhar Gurdaspur Trailing CONG,
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Manish Tewari Anandpur Sahib Leading CONG,
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Preneet Kaur Patiala Leading CONG,
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Krishna Poonia Jaipur Rural Trailing CONG,
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Vaibhav Gehlot Jodhpur Trailing CONG,
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Manvendra Singh Barmer Trailing CONG,
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Karti Chidambaram Sivaganga Leading CONG,
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Raj Babbar Fatehpur Sikri Trailing CONG,
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Jitin Prasada Dhaurahra Trailing CONG,
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Sonia Gandhi Rae Bareli Leading CONG,
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Anant Kumar Hegde Uttara Kannada Leading BJP,
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B Y Raghavendra Shimoga Leading BJP,
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G S Basavaraj Tumkur Leading BJP,
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D V Sadananda Gowda,
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Bangalore North Leading BJP,
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Alphons Kananthanam Ernakulam Trailing BJP,
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Kummanam Rajasekharan Thiruvananthapuram Trailing BJP,
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Narendra Singh Tomar Morena Leading BJP