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Odisha Assembly Elections 2024: Congress releases first list of candidates for 49 seats; Check details
- Apart from this, the party also released the names of 8 candidates from Odisha for upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Congress on Tuesday released the first list of 49 candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls 2024 and candidates for eight Lok Sabha for the state of Odisha.
According to the details, Bijay Patnaik from Paralakhemundi Assembly seat, while Samarendra Mishra will contest from Bolangir seat.
The party also released the list of 49 names for Assembly seats in Odisha.
Here's the list:
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
Among others, the party fielded Sanjay Bhoi to contest from Bargarh Lok Sabha seat while Janardhan Dehury from Sundagarh Lok Sabha seat.
Draupadi Majhi has been fielded from Kalahandi and Bhujabal Majhi from Nabrangpur Lok Sabha seat. Manoj Mishra will fight from Bolangir, Saptagiri Ulaka will fight from Koraput, Amir Chand Nayak from Kandhamal and Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik will contest from Berhampur Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.
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
Earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) re-nominated 21 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha while announcing the list of candidates for 112 of the 147 Assembly constituencies in the state.
With agency inputs.
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First Published:2 Apr 2024, 03:57 PM IST
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