Gearing up to unseat Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Indian National Congress on Friday released the second list of 54 candidates for the state polls of Odisha that slated to clubbed with General Elections. Earlier the party in its first list announced candidates on 36 Assembly seats.
Congress party releases list of 54 candidates for the elections to the legislative assembly of Odisha. Jayadev Jena to contest from Anandapur, Biplab Jena to contest from Angul. pic.twitter.com/lmQHHWkkxm
— ANI (@ANI) March 22, 2019
Congress Second list of 54 Candidates includes Jayadev Jena to contest from Anandapur, Biplab Jena to contest from Angul. Other names are:
- Ripunath Seth from BIJEPUR
- Saroj Mohapatra from BHATLI
- Mahendra Nayak from JHARSUGUDA
- Dr. Prafulla Majhi from TALSARA (ST)
- Amita Biswal from SUNDARGARH (ST)
- Prashant Sethy from RAGHUNATHPALI (SC)
- Muktikant Biswal from ROURKELA
- Shovaram Pradhan from KUCHINDA (ST)
- Bala Krishna Rohidass from RENGALI (SC)
- Ashwini Kumar Guru from SAMBALPUR
- Assat Khan from RAIRAKHOL
- Uma Shankar Sahoo from DEOGARH
- Jayadev Jona from ANANDAPUR (SC)
- Bidyadhar Dehury from KEONJHAR (ST)
- Jadumani Barik from CHAMPUA
- Sudarn Charan Naik from KARANJIA (ST)
- Sudarshan Das from JALESWAR
- Manojmanjari Debi from NILGIRI
- Bandito Parida from KOREI
- Nabin Nanda from DHENKANAL
- Subrat Garnaik from PALLAHARA
- Suresh Chandra Bohra from TALCHER
- Biplab Jona from ANGUL
- Sasmita Bohra from CHHENDIPAOA (SC)
- Bijayanand Choliya from ATHAMALLIK
- Chitranjan Mishra from SONEPUR
- Naba Kishore Naik from LOISINGHA (SC)
- Surendra Singh Bhoi from TITLAGARH
- Santosh Singnsalura from KANTABANJI
- Smt. Jasoda Rani from UMERKOTE (ST)
- G Shri Anil Singh from JUNAGARH
- Sagar Charan Das from BHAWANIPATNA
- Chitaranjan Mandal (Babul’) from NARLA
- Dr Oebasis Patnaik from BANKI
- Uma Ballav Rath from ATHAGARH
- Mohammed Moquim from BARABATI-CUTTACK
- Ratnakar Behra from CUTTACK SADAR (SC)
- Ganeshwar Behra from KENDRAPARA (SC)
- Devendra Sharma from AUL
- Anshuman Mohanty from RAJANAGAR
- Chiranjib Biswal from JAGATSINGHPUR
- Biswa Bhusan Das from KAKATPUR (SC)
- Umakant Bara’ from BRAHMAGIRI
- Prasad Harichandran from SATYABAOI
- Rasmirekha Mohapatra from EKAMRABHIJBANESWAR
- Suresh Kumar Routray from JATANI
- Subhashree panda from RANPUR
- Bhokali Setty from KHALIXOTE (SC)
- Sangram Mohanty from SURADA
- Prafulla Panda (in place of Bismaya Mahapatra) from DIGAPAHAND’
- K. Surya Rao from PARALAKHEMIJNOI
- Appalswamy Kadarka from RAYAGADA (ST)
- Kailash Kulesika fromLAXMIPUR
- Chandrasekhar Majhi from KOTPAO (ST)
Congress in a run-up the Odisha State Polls has stitched an alliance with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and will take on Naveen Patnaik’s BJD and aggressive Bhartiya Janta Party.
Both BJP and BJD have also started rolling out lists of Candidates for the state Polls.
The Odisha State Polls will be clubbed with the General Elections 2019. The State will Poll on the four rounds of Polling starting from April 11. The State has a total of 147 State Assembly while having 21 Lok Sabha Seats. Currently, BJD has 117 lawmakers in the state assembly.
General Elections are slated for April-May this year that would spread on Seven Phases starting from April 11 to May 19. Election Commission had declared schedule for General Elections 2019.
The Counting of votes for the mega battle of ballots will take place on May 23, four days after last round of polling.
In 2014 General Elections, BJD totally swept the state by bagging 20 seats out of 21 seats while banking on ‘Modi Wave’ the saffron party could only manage to get 1 Lok Sabha Seat in the state.
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