BJD announces first list of candidates, Naveen to contest from Hinjili and Bijepur

Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday declared its first list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats and 54 Assembly segments. BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who is seeking for a fifth-term in office, will contest from two Assembly constituencies – Bijepur in Bargarh apart from Hinjili in Ganjam district.

Patnaik announced party’s first list of candidates for two phases at his residence Naveen Niwas. Election will be held in the State in seven-phases.

Patnaik also named candidates for eight Lok Sabha seats. While Puspedra Singhdeo will contest from Kalahandi, Ramesh Majhi will fight from Nabarangpur, Chandra Sekhar Sahu (Berhampur), Kausalaya Hikaka (Koraput), Pramila Bisyoi (Aska), Prasanna Acharya (Bargarh), Kalikesh Singh Deo (Bolangir), Sunita Biswal (Sundergarh) and Achuyta Samant (Kandhamal).

Of the nine MP candidates, eight candidates are new faces. Only Bolangir MP candidate Kalikesh Singh Deo has been repeated. In Koraput, Kausalya has replaced husband Jhina Hikaka.

Here is the candidates’ list for 54 Assembly segments which will go for polls on April 11 and 18.

First phase Assembly candidates’ list 

1. 1. Bhawanipatna – Dushmant Naik
   2. Junagarh – Dibya Shankar Mishra
   3. Dharmagarh- Mausudi Bag
   4. Narla- Bhupinder Singh
   5. Nuapada- Rajendra Dholakia
   6. Khariar- Lamobdar Nial
   7. Umerkote – Subhas Gond
   8. Dabugam- Manohar Randhari
   9. Kotpad – Padmini Dian
   10. Chitrakonda – Purna Chandra Baka
   11. Nabarangpur – Sadashiv Pradhani
   12. Chhatrapur – Subhas Chandra Behera
   13. Gopalpur- Pradeep Panigrahi
   14. Berhampur- Bikram Panda
   15. Digapahandi- Surya Narayan Patro
   16. Chikiti – Usha Devi
   17. Paralakhemundi- Kalyani Gajapati
   18. Mohana- Purnabasi Nayak
   19. Gunupur – Raghunath Gamang
   20. Bissam Cuttack- Jagannath Saraka
   21. Rayagada- Lal Bihari Himirika
   22. Lakshmipur- Prabhu Jani
   23. Koraput- Raghuram Padal
   24. Jeypore- Rabi Narayan Nanda

   Second phase Assembly candidates’ list

   1. Sorada- Purna Chandra Swain
   2. Sanakhemundi- Nandini Devi
   3. Hinjili- Naveen Patnaik
   4. Polasara- Srikanta Sahu
   5. Kabisuryanagar- Latika Pradhan
   6. Khalikote- KK Suryamani Baidya
   7. Baliguda- Chakradhar Kanhar
   8. G. Udaygiri- Saluga Pradhan
   9. Boudh- Pradip Kumar Amat
   10. Kantamal- Mahidhar Rana
   11. Bhanjanagar- Bikram Keshari Arukh
   12. Daspalla- Ramesh Behera
   13. Titlagarh- Tukuni Sahu
   14. Patnagarh- Saroj Meher
   15. Sonepur- Niranjan Pujari
   16. Kantabanji- Ajay Das
   17. Biramaharajpur- Padmanabha Behera
   18. Bargarh- Debesh Acharya
   19. Attabira- Snehangini Chhuria
   20. Bhatli- Susanta Singh
   21. Padampur- Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha
   22. Bijepur- Naveen Patnaik
   23. Jharsuguda- Naba Kishore Das
   24. Sundargarh- Jogesh Kumar Singh
   25. Rajgangpur- Mangala Kishan
   26. Talsara- Stephen Soren
   27. Rourkela- Sarada Prasad Nayak
   28. Ragunathpali- Subrat Tarai
   29. Bonai- Ranjit Kishan

   30. Aska- Manjula Swain