BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the party’s first two lists of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.
The lists include names of 15 MP candidates and 72 MLA candidates.
The Lok Sabha candidates are: Puri: Arup Patnaik, Cuttack: Santrupt Misra, Dhenkanal: Avinash Samal, Jagatsinghpur: Rajashree Mallick, Kalahandi: Lambodar Nial, Sambalpur: Pranab Prakash (Bobby) Das, Sundargarh: Dilip Tirkey, Mayurbhanj: Sudam Marndi, Kendrapada: Ansuman Mohanty, Nabarangpur: Pradeep Majhi, Bhubaneswar: Manmath Routray, Koraput: Kausalya Hikaka, Aska: Ranjita Sahu, Kandhamal: Achyuta Samanta and Jajpur: Sarmistha Sethi.
Notably, Bobby Das will fight against BJP candidate Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in Sambalpur.
The Assembly candidates are: 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 Ku Samal, Kamakhyanagar: Prafulla Mallik, Parjang: Nrusingha Sahu, Pallahara: Mukesh Pal, Chhendipada: Susant Ku Behera, Sonepur: Niranjan Pujari, Loisingha: Nihar Behera, Patnagarh: Saroj Meher, Balangir: Kalikesh Singh Deo, Titilagarh: Tukuni Sahu,
Nuapada: Rajendra Dholkia, Umarkote: Nabina Nayak, Jharigam: Ramesh Majhi, Nabarangpur: Kaushalya Pradhani, Dabugam: Manohar Randhari, Lanjigarh: Pradeep Dishari, Junagarh: Dibya Shankar Mishra, Dharmagarh: Pushpendra Singh Deo, Bhawanipatna: Latika Nayak, G Udayagiri: 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 Ku 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, Ghasipura: Badri Patra and Patna: Jagannath Nayak,
