On Wednesday, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) released the first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Odisha.
The names of the candidates for the assembly constituencies were revealed by Chief Minister and BJD Supremo Naveen Patnaik. The list of candidates for Assembly seats is as follows.
- Jagannath Saraka- Bissamkatak
- Raghunath Gamango- Gunpur
- Anusaya Majhi- Rayagada
- Debesh Acharya- Bargarh
- Rita Sahoo- Bijepur
- Snehangini Churia- Atabira
- Susanta Singh- Bhatli
- Ashiwni Patra- Jaleswar
- Subhasini Jena- Basta
- Sanjib Mallick- Bhandaripokari
- Prafulla Samal- Bhadrak
- Bishnubrata Routray- Basudevpur
- Sanjay Das- Dhamnagar
- Byomkesh Ray- Chandbali
- Pramila Malik- Bijharpur
- Pranab Balbantray- Dharmasala
- Sujata Sahoo- Jajpur
- Pritiranjan Ghadei- Sukinda
- Sudhir Samal- Dhenkanal
- Prafulla Mallick- Kamakshyanagar
- Nursingha Sahoo- Parjang
- Mukesh Pal- Pallahara
- Sushant Kumar Behera- Chendipada
- Niranjan Pujari – Sonepur
- Nihar Behera- Loisingha
- Saroj Meher- Patnagarh
- Kalikesh Nayarayan Singh Deo – Bolangir
- Tukuni Sahu- Titilagarh
- Rajendra Dholakia- Nuapada
- Nabina Nayak- Umerkote
- Ramesh Majhi- Jharigaon
- Kaushalya Pradhani- Nabarangpur
- Manohar Randhari- Dabugaon
- Pradip Dishari- Lanjigarh
- Dibyashankar Mishra- Junagarh
- Puspendra SinghDeo- Dharmagarh
- Latika Nayak- Bhawanipatna
- Saluga Pradhan- G Udaygiri
- Mahidhar Rana- Kantamal
- Pradip Amat- Boudh
- Debi Prasad Mishra- Badamba
- Debi Tripathy- Banki
- Sauvik Biswal- Cuttack-Choudwar
- Ranendra Pratap Swain- Athagarh
- Pramod Mallick- Niali
- Chandra Sarathi Behera- Cuttack-Sadar
- Arvind Mohapatra- Patkura
- Pratap Deb- Aul
- Dhruba Sahu- Rajnagar
- Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak- Mahakalpada
- Sunil Mohanty- Puri
- Uma Samantaray- Brahmagiri
- Sanjay Dasburma- Satyabadi
- Rudrapratap Maharathy- Pipili
- Bibhuti Balbantray- Jatni
- Satyanarayan Pradhan- Ranpur
- Ramesh Behera- Daspalla
- Arun Sahoo- Nayagarh
- Bikram Keshari Arukh- Bhanjanagar
- Srikant Sahoo- Polsara
- Latika Pradhan- Kabisuryanagar
- Subhash Behera- Chattrapur
- Sanghamitra Swain- Sorada
- Naveen Patnaik- Hinjili
- Bikram Panda- Gopalpur
- Biplab Patra- Digapahandi
- Chanmanya Nanda- Chikiti
- Chandrasekhar Majhi- Kotpad
- Raghuram- Koraput
- Manas Madkami- Malkangiri
- Badrinarayan Patra- Ghasipura
Source:ocn