Gearing up to unseat Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Indian National Congress on Sunday released another list of 9 candidates for the state polls of Odisha that slated to clubbed with General Elections. Earlier the party in its initial lists announced candidates on 127 Assembly seats.
Congress party releases a list of 9 candidates for elections to the state legislative assembly of Odisha. pic.twitter.com/vjqmtIEoJ3
— ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2019
Congress in the latest list named Candidates on Bhadrak, Salipur, Tirtol, Nimapara among other assembly constituencies. The Central Election Committee of the party has finalized names of following Candidates:
- Niranjan Patnaik from Bhandaripokhari
- Nalinikant Mohanty from Bhadrak
- Sitakant Mohapatra from Barachana
- Kisan Panda (In place of Smruti Rekha Pahi) from Dharmasala
- Bibhransu Sekhar Lenka from Mahakalpada
- Debi Prasad Mallick (In place of Bibhu Tarai) from Tirtol
- Rabindranath Kar from Salipur
- Laletendu Mohapatra from Balikuda Ersama
- Satyabrat Patra from Nimapara
READ: Check Out Full List of BJP Candidates for Lok Sabha Polls 2019
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 Bharatiya Janata Party and ruling Biju Janata Dal (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 and the State Polls will take place on May 23, four days after last round of polling.
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