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
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- Bhawanipatna – Dushmant Naik
- Junagarh – Dibya Shankar Mishra
- Dharmagarh- Mausudi Bag
- Narla- Bhupinder Singh
- Nuapada- Rajendra Dholakia
- Khariar- Lamobdar Nial
- Umerkote – Subhas Gond
- Dabugam- Manohar Randhari
- Kotpad – Padmini Dian
- Chitrakonda – Purna Chandra Baka
- Nabarangpur – Sadashiv Pradhani
- Chhatrapur – Subhas Chandra Behera
- Gopalpur- Pradeep Panigrahi
- Berhampur- Bikram Panda
- Digapahandi- Surya Narayan Patro
- Chikiti – Usha Devi
- Paralakhemundi- Kalyani Gajapati
- Mohana- Purnabasi Nayak
- Gunupur – Raghunath Gamang
- Bissam Cuttack- Jagannath Saraka
- Rayagada- Lal Bihari Himirika
- Lakshmipur- Prabhu Jani
- Koraput- Raghuram Padal
- Jeypore- Rabi Narayan Nanda
Second phase Assembly candidates’ list
- Sorada- Purna Chandra Swain
- Sanakhemundi- Nandini Devi
- Hinjili- Naveen Patnaik
- Polasara- Srikanta Sahu
- Kabisuryanagar- Latika Pradhan
- Khalikote- KK Suryamani Baidya
- Baliguda- Chakradhar Kanhar
- G. Udaygiri- Saluga Pradhan
- Boudh- Pradip Kumar Amat
- Kantamal- Mahidhar Rana
- Bhanjanagar- Bikram Keshari Arukh
- Daspalla- Ramesh Behera
- Titlagarh- Tukuni Sahu
- Patnagarh- Saroj Meher
- Sonepur- Niranjan Pujari
- Kantabanji- Ajay Das
- Biramaharajpur- Padmanabha Behera
- Bargarh- Debesh Acharya
- Attabira- Snehangini Chhuria
- Bhatli- Susanta Singh
- Padampur- Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha
- Bijepur- Naveen Patnaik
- Jharsuguda- Naba Kishore Das
- Sundargarh- Jogesh Kumar Singh
- Rajgangpur- Mangala Kishan
- Talsara- Stephen Soren
- Rourkela- Sarada Prasad Nayak
- Ragunathpali- Subrat Tarai
- Bonai- Ranjit Kishan
30. Aska- Manjula Swain