Congress Announces Names Of Candidates For 8 Lok Sabha, 49 Assembly Seats In Odisha

Update: 2024-04-02 13:46 GMT
File Photo Of AICC Odisha-Incharge Dr Ajoy Kumar Addressing Party Leaders At Bhubaneswar

The Indian National Congress on Tuesday announced the first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 assembly seats in Odisha. As per the notification, Sanjay Bhoi will contest from Bargarh while Janardhan Dehury from Sundargarh.

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattanayak will contest from Nuapara assembly seats. Saptagiri Ulaka, the lone Congress Lok Sabha member from the state, has been renamed as the party’s candidate from Koraput seat. He will fight against ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Kaushalya Hikka and BJP’s Keleram Majhi.

Noted cine actor Manoj Mishra has been nominated to contest from Bolangir LS seat. He will lock horns with BJP’s Sangeeta Singhdeo. The BJD has not announced its candidate yet.

As per the list, former MLA Bhujabal Majhi will contest from Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat while his daughter Lipika Majhi has been nominated as the party’s candidate for Dabugaon assembly seat.

Former Union railway minister Bhakta Charan Das and his son Sagar Das have made a cut into the list of assembly candidates. The father and son duo will contest from Narla and Bhawanipanta assembly constituencies, respectively.

Here is the list of Congress candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Odisha:

1. Bargarh – Sanjay Bhoi

2. Sundargarh – Janardan Dehury

3. Bolangir- Manoj Mishra

4. Kalahandi – Draupadi Majhi

5. Nabarangpur – Bhujabal Majhi

6. Kandhamal- Amir Chand Nayak

7. Berhampur- Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik

8. Koraput- Saptagiri Ulaka

The list of 49 candidates for Assembly seats as announced by Odisha Congress:

1. Padampur – Tankadhar Sahu

2. Bijepur – Kishor Dafadar

3. Bargarh – Nipon Kumar Dash

4. Bhatli – Brahma Mahakud

5. Brajarajnagar – Kishore Chandra Patel

6. Talsara (ST) – Prabodh Tirkey

7. Sundargarh (ST) – Sudharani Raudia

8. Biramitrapur – Left to JMM

9. Raghunathpali (SC) – Gopal Das

10. Rourkela – Birendra Nath Pattnaik

11. Rajgangpur (ST) – Dr. CS Raazen Ekka

12. Bonai (ST) – Left to CPI-M

13. Loisingha (SC) – Om Prakash Kumbhar

14. Patnagarh – Anil Meher

15. Bolangir – Samarendra Mishra

16. Kantabanji – Santosh Singh Saluja

17. Nuapada – Sarat Pattanayak

18. Umarkote (ST) – Sanraj Gond

19. Jharigam (ST) – Harabati Gond

20. Nabarangpur (ST) – Dilip Pradhan

21. Dabugam (ST) – Dr. Lipika Majhi

22. Lanjigarh (ST) – Balabhadra Majhi

23. Junagarh – Tuleswar Naik

24. Dharmgarh – Rasmirekha Rout

25. Bhawanipatna (SC) – Sagar Charan Das

26. Narla – Bhakta Charan Das

27. Baliguda (ST) – Surada Pradhan

28. G. Udayagiri (ST) – Prafulla Chandra Pradhan

29. Phulbani (ST) – Prativa Kanhar

30. Kantamal – Manoj Kumar Acharya

31. Boudh- Naba Kumar Mishra

32. Banjanagar- Prasanta Bisoyi

33. Polasara- Agasti Barada

34. Kabisuryanagar- Chiranjeevi Bisoyi

35. Surada- Harikrishna Rath

36. Sanakhemundi- Ramesh Chandra Jena

37. Chikiti- Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantaray

38. Mohana –Dasarathi Gomango

39. Paralakhemundi- Bijay Patnaik

40 Gunupur- Satyajeet Samango

41. Bissam Cuttack- Nilamadhab Hikaka

42. Rayagada- Kadraka Allapaswamy

43. Laxmipur- Pabitra Saunta

44. Kotpad- Anama Dian

45. Jeypore- Tara Prasad Bahinipati

46. Koraput- Krushna Chandra Kuldeep

47. Pottangi- Ramchandra Kadam

48. Malkangiri- Mala Madhi

49. Chitrakonda- Mangu Khila

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