Among the seven royals, the Congress and BJP had fielded three candidates each and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) one. They are TS Singh Deo, Ambica Singhdeo, and Devendra Bahadur Singh (all from Congress), and Sanyogita Singh Judev, Prabal Pratap Singh Judev, and Sanjeev Shah of BJP. These three candidates of the Congress were MLAs in the outgoing assembly.