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  • 2024 Polls: BJD Announces First List Of Candidates For Nine Lok Sabha, 72 Assembly Seats In Odisha |

    New Delhi: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) announced its first list of candidates of Odisha for the approaching Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday. Chief Minister of Odisha and chief of the BJD Naveen Patnaik posted on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter) to disseminate the names of nine Lok Sabha contenders, earmarked for Sambalpur, Kalahandi, Bhubaneswar, Kendrapara, Nabarangpur, Sundargarh, Mayurbhanj, Aska, and Koraput constituencies. The party also released candidate list for the 72 seats of the Odisha assembly. CM Naveen Patnaik is set to seek re-election from the Hinjili Assembly constituency for the sixth consecutive term. 

    Significant Names In 1st List 

    BJD General Secretary Pranab Prakash Das is set to face Union Minister and BJP candiate Dharmendra Pradhan from Sambalpur. Shortly after joining BJD, Manmath Routray, the son of Congress veteran leader Suresh Routray, was nominated as the Lok Sabha candidate from Bhubaneswar. Anshuman Mohanty, a former Odisha Congress MLA who joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on February 16, will vie for the Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat. Other candidates are as follows:

    Pradeep Kumar Majhi – Nabarangpur 
    Dilip Tirkey – Sundargarh  
    Lambodhar Nial – Kalahandi 
    Ranjita Sahu – Aska 
    Kaushalya Hikaka – Koraput  

    BJD Assembly Candidate List

    Jagannath Saraka – Bissamkatak
    Raghunath Gamango – Gunpur
    Anusaya Majhi -Rayagada
    Debesh Acharya -Bargarh
    Rita Sahoo -Bijepur
    Snehangini Churia -Atabira
    Susanta Singh -Bhatli
    Ashiwni Patra -Jaleswar
    Subhasini Jena- Basta
    Sanjib Mallick-Bhandaripokari
    Prafulla Samal -Bhadrak
    Bishnubrata Routray -Basudevpur
    Sanjay Das -Dhamnagar
    Byomkesh Ray-Chandbali
    Pramila Malik-Bijharpur
    Pranab Balbantra-Dharmasala
    Sujata Sahoo-Jajpur
    Pritiranjan Ghadei-Sukinda
    Sudhir Samal -Dhenkanal
    Prafulla Mallick -Kamakshyanagar
    Nursingha Sahoo -Parjang
    Mukesh Pal-Pallahara
    Sushant Kumar Behera-Chendipada
    Niranjan Pujari -Sonepur
    Nihar Behera -Loisingha
    Saroj Meher -Patnagarh
    Kalikesh Nayarayan Singh Deo -Bolangir
    Tukuni Sahu -Titilagarh
    Rajendra Dholakia-Nuapada
    Nabina Nayak -Umerkote
    Ramesh Majhi-Jharigaon
    Kaushalya Pradhani-Nabarangpur
    Manohar Randhari-Dabugaon
    Pradip Dishari-Lanjigarh
    Dibyashankar Mishra-Junagarh
    Puspendra Singh Deo-Dharmagarh
    Latika Nayak-Bhawanipatna
    Saluga Pradhan-G Udaygiri
    Mahidhar Rana-Kantamal
    Pradip Amat -Boudh
    Debi Prasad Mishra-Badamba
    Debi Tripathy-Banki
    Sauvik Biswal -Cuttack-Choudwar
    Ranendra Pratap Swain-Athagarh
    Pramod Mallick-Niali
    Chandra Sarathi Behera-Cuttack-Sadar
    Arvind Mohapatra-Patkura
    Pratap Deb-Aul
    Dhruba Sahu- Rajnagar
    Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak -Mahakalpada 
    Sunil Mohanty -Puri
    Uma Samantaray -Brahmagiri
    Sanjay Dasburma-Satyabadi
    Rudrapratap Maharathy-Pipili
    Bibhuti Balbantray -Jatni
    Satyanarayan Pradhan-Ranpur
    Ramesh Behera -Daspalla
    Arun Sahoo-Nayagarh
    Bikram Keshari Arukh-Bhanjanagar
    Srikant Sahoo -Polsara
    Latika Pradhan-Kabisuryanagar
    Subhash Behera-Chhatrapur
    Sanghamitra Swain-Sorada
    Naveen Patnaik -Hinjili
    Bikram Panda-Gopalpur
    Biplab Patra -Digapahandi
    Chanmanya Nanda-Chikiti
    Chandrasekhar Majhi -Kotpad
    Raghuram-Koraput
    Manas Madkami-Malkangiri 
    Badrinarayan Patra-Ghasipura

    Odisha Lok Sabha, Assembly Polls

    The Lok Sabha elections in Odisha, encompassing 21 constituencies, will occur across four phases, scheduled for May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) emerged dominant, winning 20 out of 21 seats, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing just one.  

    However, there was a shift in the political landscape during the 2019 elections. The BJD’s seat count decreased to 12, while the BJP made significant progress, claiming 8 seats, indicating a notable surge in the BJP’s influence in the state. Additionally, the Indian National Congress (INC) managed to secure a seat in the 2019 elections.