Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel announced that the Congress party will release its first list of candidates for the upcoming elections on October 15. The list will be finalized in a meeting of the central election committee in Delhi. Baghel stated that the names for the 90 assembly constituencies have already been decided in state-level meetings and will be finalized by the committee. The ruling party is expected to declare at least 25 candidates in the first list.