 Senior leaders of the party L. K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Murli Manohar Joshi and Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Goa also campaigned in many constituencies.The BJP fielded as many as 427 candidates and a total of 543 candidates including the parties in NDA.The prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's candidature was fielded from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.