<span style="color: #222222;">CPI(M) today released the first list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Of them, the party has finalised names of 16 candidates for West Bengal and 15 candidates for Kerala.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Party's sitting MP  from Kerala M B Rajesh will contest from Palakkad seat while P K Biju from Alathoor. In West Bengal, sitting MP Mohd. Salim will contest from Raiganj  and Badruddoza Khan from Murshidabad seats.  </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The party has fielded two sitting MPs in Tripura and announced the names of two  candidates each  in Assam, and Tamil Nadu. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It has also declared candidates for one each seat in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and  Punjab.</span><br />''