Bhubaneswar: Releasing its third list, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) Sunday named 75 candidates for the Odisha Assembly Election selected by its Central Election Committee.
As per the announcement, senior leader Niranjan Patnaik will contest from Bhandaripokhari assembly seat while Pruthvi Ballav Patnaik, son of former Odisha CM Janaki Ballav Patnaik has been fielded from Begunia assembly seat.
Congress has changed its candidates in three assembly constituencies. Devendra Bhitaria has been named party’s candidate for Talasara (ST) assembly seat in Sundargarh replacing Prabodh Tirkey, ex-Indian hockey team captain.
Similarly, Upendra Pradhan will now contest from Baliguda (ST) assembly seat instead of Surada Pradhan while Bipin Bihari Swain replaced Chiranjeevi Bisoyi as party’s candidate for Kabisurjyanagar assembly seat.
Here is the Odisha Congress Assembly Seat Candidate list
| 1 | Attabira-SC | Abhishek Seth |
| 2 | Talsara-ST | Devendra Bhitaria |
| 3 | Kuchinda -ST | Kedarnath Bariha |
| 4 | Rengali-SC | Dillip Kumar Duria |
| 5 | Sambalpur | Durga Prasad Padhi |
| 6 | Rairakhol | Assaf Ali Khan |
| 7 | Deogarh | Sem Hembram |
| 8 | Telkoi-ST | Nirmal Chandra Nayak |
| 9 | Ghasipura | Subrata Chakra |
| 10 | Anandapur-SC | Jayadev Jena |
| 11 | Patna-ST | Hrushikesh Naik |
| 12 | Keonjhar-ST | Smt. Pratibha Manjari Nayak |
| 13 | Champua | Yashwant Laghuri |
| 14 | Jashipur-ST | Smt. Shweta Chattar |
| 15 | Saraskana-ST | Ram Kumar Soren |
| 16 | Rairangpur-ST | Jogendra Banra |
| 17 | Bangriposi-ST | Murali Dhar Naik |
| 18 | Karanjia-ST | Laxmidhar Singh |
| 19 | Udala-ST | Durga Charan Tudu |
| 20 | Baripada-ST | Badal Hembram |
| 21 | Morada | Parvash Kar Mahapatra |
| 22 | Bhograi | Satya Shiba Das |
| 23 | Basta | Bijan Nayak |
| 24 | Remuna-SC | Sudarshan Jena |
| 25 | Soro-SC | Subrat Dhada |
| 26 | Simulia | Himanshu Sekhar Behera |
| 27 | Bhandaripokhari | Niranjan Patnaik |
| 28 | Bhadrak | Asit Patnaik |
| 29 | Basudevpur | Ashok Kumar Das |
| 30 | Dhamnagar-SC | Ranjan Kumar Behera |
| 31 | Chandabali | Amiya Kumar Mohapatra |
| 32 | Binjharpur-SC | Smt. Kanaklata Mallick |
| 33 | Bari | Smt. Arati Deo |
| 34 | Dharmasala | Kisan Panda |
| 35 | Jajpur | Sudip Kumar kar |
| 36 | Korei | Smt. Bandita Parida |
| 37 | Dhenkanal | Smt. Susmita Singh Deo |
| 38 | Hindol-SC | Gobardhan Sekhar Naik |
| 39 | Kamakhyanagar | Biprabar Sahu |
| 40 | Parjanga | Ranjit Kumar Sahu |
| 41 | Talcher | Prafula Chandra Das |
| 42 | Angul | Ambika Prasad Bhatta |
| 43 | Chhendipada-SC | Narottam Nayak |
| 44 | Athamallik | Bijayananda Chaulia |
| 45 | Birmaharajpur-SC | Pradeep Sethi |
| 46 | Sonepur | Priyabrata Sahu |
| 47 | Titlagarh-ST | Birendra Bag |
| 48 | Khariar | Kamal Charan Tandi |
| 49 | Baliguda-ST | Upendra Pradhan |
| 50 | Baramba | Sanjaya Kumar Sahoo |
| 51 | Banki | Debasis Patnaik |
| 52 | Athagarh | Maheboob Ahemad Khan |
| 53 | Choudwar-Cuttack | Smt. Meera Mallick |
| 54 | Niali-SC | Jyoti Ranjan Mallick |
| 55 | Cuttack Sadar-SC | Rama Chandra Gochhayat |
| 56 | Salipur | Aquib Uzzaman Khan |
| 57 | Patkura | Ratikanta Kanungo |
| 58 | Aul | Dr. Smt. Debasmita Sharma |
| 59 | Paradeep | Niranjan Nayak |
| 60 | Tirtol-SC | Himanshu Bhusan Mallick |
| 61 | Balikuda- Erasama | Er. Nalini Swain |
| 62 | Puri | Sujit Mahapatra |
| 63 | Brahmagiri | Mitrabhanu Mohapatra |
| 64 | Jayadev-SC | Jayant Kumar Bhoi |
| 65 | Ekamra–Bhubaneswar | Prasanta Kumar Champati |
| 66 | Jatani | Santosh Jena |
| 67 | Begunia | Pruthvi Ballav Patnaik |
| 68 | Ranpur | Bibhu Prasad Mishra |
| 69 | Nayagarh | Ranjit Dash |
| 70 | Kabisuryanagar | Bipin Bihari Swain |
| 71 | Khalikote-SC | Chitra Sen Behara |
| 72 | Aska | Surabhi Bisoyi |
| 73 | Hinjili | Ranjikant Padhi |
| 74 | Berrhampur | Deepak Patnaik |
| 75 | Digapahandi | Shreedhar Dev |
So far Congress has announced candidates for 121 Assembly seats and 17 Lok Sabha seats.
The Congress on Saturday had named its candidates for 9 Lok Sabha seats.
