BJD ANNOUNCES NAMES OF LOK SABHA, ODISHA ASSEMBLY ELECTION CANDIDATES
Bhubaneswar(27/03/2024): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) President Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the first list of his party candidates for the Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections.
The ruling party in Odisha announced the names of nine candidates out of the 21 Lok Sabha seats.
Chief Minister Patnaik himself will contest from the Hinjili Assembly segment in Ganjam district.
The BJD fielded its General Secretary (Organisation) Pranab Prakash Das in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat against Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan.
Minister Sudam Marndi will contest from the Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat.
The other candidates for Lok Sabha seats are: Lambodar Nial(Kalahandi), Ansuman Mohanty (Kendrapara), Prajip Kumar Majhi (Nabarangpur), Manmath Routray, who joined BJD from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat, Kausalya Hikaka (Koraput) and Ranjita Sahu (Aska) The BJD also announced the names of 72 candidates for the 147 Assembly seats in Odisha.
The first list for Odisha Assembly polls- Bisam Cuttack: Jagannath Saraka, Gunupur: Raghunath Gamango,Rayagada: Anusaya Majhi,Bargarh: Debesh Acharya, Bijepur: Rita Sahu,Atabira: Snehangini Churia, Bhatli: Susant Singh, Jaleswar: Aswini Patra, Basata: Subhasini Jena, Bhandaripokhari: Sanjeeb Mallik, Bhadrak: Prafulla Samal,Basudevpur: Bishnubrata Routray, Dhamnagar: Dr Sanjay Das, Chandabali: Byomokesh Ray, Binjharpur: Pramila Mallik, Dharmashala: Pranab Balabantray, Jajpur: Sujata Sahu,Sukinda:Preetiranjan Gharai, Dhenkanal: Sudhir Kumar Samal, Kamakhyanagar: Prafulla Mallik, Parjang: Nrusingha Sahu, Pallahara: Mukesh Pal, Chendipada: Susant Ku Behera, Sonepur: Niranjan Pujari, Loisingha: Nihar Behera, Patnagarh: Saroj Meher,Balangir: Kalikesh Singh Deo, Titlagarh: Tukuni Sahu, Nuapada: Rajendra Dholkia, Umerkote: Nabina Nayak, Jharigam: Ramesh Majhi, Nabarangpur: Kaushalya Pradhani, Dabugam: Manohar Randhari, Lanjigarh: Pradeep Dishari, Junagarh: Dibya Shankar Mishra,Dharmagarh: Pushpendra, Singhdeo,Bhawanipatna: Latika Nayak,G Udyagiri: Saluga Pradhan, Kantamal: Mahidhar Rana, Boudh: Pradip Amat, Baramba: Debi Mishra,Banki: Debi Tripathy, Athagarh: Ranendra P Swain, Cuttack Choudwar: Sauvik Biswal, Niali: Pramod Mallik, Cuttack Sadar: Candra Sarathi Behera,Patkura: Arvind Mohapatra, Aul: Pratap Deb, Rajnagar: Dhruva Sahu, Mahakalpada: Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Puri: Sunil Mohanty, Brahmagiri: Uma Samantray, Satyabadi: Sanjay Das Burma, Pipli: Rudra Maharathy, Jatni: Bibhuti Balabantray, Ranpur: Satya Pradhan, Daspalla: Ramesh Behera, Nayagarh: Arun Kumar Sahoo, Bhanjanagar: Bikram Arukha, Polsara: Srikant Sahu, Kabisuryanagar: Latika Pradhan, Chhatrapur: Subash Behera,Soroda: Sanghamitra Swain, Hinjili: Naveen Patnaik, Gopalpur: Bikram Panda, Digapahandi: Biplab Patro, Chikiti: Chinmayananda Srirup Deb, Kotpad: Chandrasekhar Majhi, Koraput: Raghuram Podal, Malkangiri: Manas Madkami and Ghasipura: Badri Patra .
