Bhubaneswar: Hours after the BJP announced its first list of 112 Assembly candidates on Tuesday, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) released its first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats in Odisha.
As per the notification released by AICC, several candidates have been announced for the upcoming assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha. Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) President Sarat Pattnayak will contest from the Nuapada assembly seat, Bijay Pattnaik from Paralakhemundi and Tara Prasad Bahinipati for Jeypore.
Congress candidates who have been fielded for the Lok Sabha elections include Sanjay Bhoi from Bargarh, Janardan Dehury from Sundergarh, Draupadi Majhi from Kalahandi, Bhujabal Majhi from Nabarangpur, Amir Chand Nayak from Kandhamal, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak from Berhampur, and Saptagiri Ulaka from Koraput. Film star Manoj Mishra, who recently joined the party, has also secured a ticket to contest from Bolangir LS seat.
Check the list of 8 Congress candidates for Lok Sabha seats in Odisha:
- Bargarh – Sanjay Bhoi
- Sundargarh – Janardan Dehury
- Bolangir- Manoj Mishra
- Kalahandi – Draupadi Majhi
- Nabarangpur – Bhujabal Majhi
- Kandhamal- Amir Chand Nayak
- Berhampur- Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik
- Koraput- Saptagiri Ulaka
Check the list of 49 Congress candidates for Assembly seats in Odisha:
- Padampur – Tankadhar Sahu
- Bijepur – Kishor Dafadar
- Bargarh – Nipon Kumar Dash
- Bhatli – Brahma Mahakud
- Brajarajnagar – Kishore Chandra Patel
- Talsara (ST) – Prabodh Tirkey
- Sundargarh (ST) – Sudharani Raudia
- Biramitrapur – Left to JMM
- Raghunathpali (SC) – Gopal Das
- Rourkela – Birendra Nath Pattnaik
- Rajgangpur (ST) – Dr. CS Raazen Ekka
- Bonai (ST) – Left to CPI-M
- Loisingha (SC) – Om Prakash Kumbhar
- Patnagarh – Anil Meher
- Bolangir – Samarendra Mishra
- Kantabanji – Santosh Singh Saluja
- Nuapada – Sarat Pattanayak
- Umarkote (ST) – Sanraj Gond
- Jharigam (ST) – Harabati Gond
- Nabarangpur (ST) – Dilip Pradhan
- Dabugam (ST) – Dr. Lipika Majhi
- Lanjigarh (ST) – Balabhadra Majhi
- Junagarh – Tuleswar Naik
- Dharmgarh – Rasmirekha Rout
- Bhawanipatna (SC) – Sagar Charan Das
- Narla – Bhakta Charan Das
- Baliguda (ST) – Surada Pradhan
- G. Udayagiri (ST) – Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
- Phulbani (ST) – Prativa Kanhar
- Kantamal – Manoj Kumar Acharya
- Boudh- Naba Kumar Mishra
- Banjanagar- Prasanta Bisoyi
- Polasara- Agasti Barada
- Kabisuryanagar- Chiranjeevi Bisoyi
- Surada- Harikrishna Rath
- Sanakhemundi- Ramesh Chandra Jena
- Chikiti- Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantaray
- Mohana –Dasarathi Gomango
- Paralakhemundi- Bijay Patnaik
- 40 Gunupur- Satyajeet Samango
- Bissam Cuttack- Nilamadhab Hikaka
- Rayagada- Kadraka Allapaswamy
- Laxmipur- Pabitra Saunta
- Kotpad- Anama Dian
- Jeypore- Tara Prasad Bahinipati
- Koraput- Krushna Chandra Kuldeep
- Pottangi- Ramchandra Kadam
- Malkangiri- Mala Madhi
- Chitrakonda- Mangu Khila
