Bhubaneswar:Hours after gazette notification for first phase polls was announced by the Home (Elections) Department, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo Naveen Patnaik today announced the first list of contestants at his residence Naveen Niwas in Bhubaneswar for upcoming Assembly polls
The nine Lok Sabha candidates include Chandra Sekhar Sahu (Berhampur), Kousalya Hikaka (Koraput), Achyuta Samanta (Kandhamal), Puspendra Singh Deo (Kalahandi) , Ramesh Majhi (Nabarangpur), Prasanna Acharya (Bargarh) Sunita Biswal (Sundergarh) Pramila Bisoi (Aska) and Kalikesh Singh Deo (Bolangir).
Assembly Seats:-
1. Naveen Patnaik (Hinjli, Bijepur)
2. Jagannath Sarika (Bissam Cuttack)
3. Raghunath Gomango (Gunupur)
4. Lal Bihari Himirika (Rayagada)
5. Rabi Narayan Nanda (Jeypore)
6. Snehangini Chhuria (Atabira)
7. Bikram Panda (Berhampur)
8. Raghunath Gomango (Gunupur)
9. Usha Devi (Chikiti)
10. Pradeep Panigrahi (Gopalpur)
11. Surya Narayan Patro (Digapahandi)
12. Prabhu Jani (Lakshmipur)
13. Subash Chadra Behera (Chhatrapur)
14. Sushanta Singh (Bhatli)
15. Naba Kishore Das (Jharsuguda)
16. Purna Chandra Swain (Sorada)
17. Bikram Keshari Arukha (Bhanjanagar)
18. Manjula Swain (Aska)
19. Pradeep Amat (Boudh)
20. Ramesh Behera (Daspalla)
21. Niranjan Pujari (Sonepur)
22. Kalyani Gajapati (Paralakhemundi)
23. Ajay Das (Kantabanjhi)
24. Padmanabha Behera (Biramaharajpur)
25. Latika Pradhan (Kabisuryanagar)
26. Srikant Sahu (Polsara)
27. Nandini Devi (Sanakhemundi)
28. KK Suryamani Baidya (Khallikote)
29. Saluka Pradhan (Udaygiri)
30. Mahidhar Rana (Kantamal)
31. Tukuni Sahu (Titilagarh)
32. Chandra Kumar (Baliguda)
33. Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha (Padampur)
34. Subash Gond (Umerkote)
35. Manohar Randhari (Dabugaon)
36. Lambodhar Nayak (Khariar)
37. Padmini (Kotpad)
38. Purnabasi Nayak (Mohana)
39. Dushmanta Nayak (Bhawanipatna)
40. Saroj Meher (Patnagarh)
41. Debesh Acharya (Bargarh)
42. Ranjit Kisan(Bonai)
43. Jogesh Kumar Singh(Sundargarh
44. Sarada Prasad Nayak(Rourkela)
45. Stephen Soren(Talsara)
46. Mangal Kisan (Rajgangpur)
47. Subrat Tore(Raghunathpally)
Notably simultaneous polls will be held in Odisha for 21 Lok Sabha seats and 147 Assembly Constituencies in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29
A day after hinting at the possibility of contesting from western Odisha, BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday confirmed that he would fight the 2019 elections from two assembly constituency, Bijepur in Bargarh district and Hinjili in Ganjam district.
Initial List Suggest preference was give to Candidate switched over from Congress and Other Parties
