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LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party announced five more candidates for Lok Sabha elections on Friday. So far, SP has announced 16 candidates.An old Mulayam loyalist, Barq, had parted ways with SP in 2009 after the party joined hands with former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh ahead of 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Four-time MP Shafeeq-ur-Rehman Barq will be party's candidate from Sambhal while sitting MP Tabassum Hasan will be fielded again from Kairana. Barq switched to the BSP camp and won Sambhal seat in 2009 polls on party's ticket.Later, he returned to the SP fold and sought re-election from Sambhal in 2014 Lok Sabha elections, but came second.Tabassum successfully contested the Kairana bypoll on Rashtriya Lok Dal ticket last year. On Tuesday, SP had named Ramji Lal Suman as its candidate from Hathras (reserved) seat and Rajendra S Bind from Mirzapur seat..