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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HOW CASTE HOLDS THE KEY IN LOK SABHA SEATS

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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