Calcutta, Aug. 19: The CPM today nominated parliamentary affairs minister Sailen Sarkar and former MLA Abu Ayes Mondal to contest from the Malda and Katwa Lok Sabha seats for the bypolls on September 16.

Former MLA Pankaj Ghosh has been named for the Bongaon Assembly seat, while Narahari Mahato is the Forward Bloc candidate for the Purulia Lok Sabha constituency.