Bhartiya Janata Party BJP on Sunday has released the first list of 123 candidates contesting for Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections. Vishnukumar Raju sitting MLA is contesting from Visakhapatnam North, Desai Piyush from Vijayawada West, State BJP general secretary Satyamurthy Vamaraju from Vijayawada central, Cinema actress Madhavi Latha from Guntur West are some of the prominent contestants along with others. Sitting MLA P Manikyala Rao from Tadepalligudem showed no interest to contest again, Kamineni Srinivas, from Kaikaluru, has announced he was quitting electoral politics.

Remaining contestants names will be announced soon.