Congress releases list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha, 49 Assembly seats in Odisha

New Delhi: The Congress Tuesday released the list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats for simultaneous polls in Odisha.

Apart from Odisha, the Congress released its list of candidates for three other states including five seats in Andhra Pradesh, three in Bihar and one in West Bengal.

Here is the list of eight candidates announced by Congress for Lok Sabha polls in Odisha:

1. Bargarh – Sanjay Bhoi
2. Bolangir- Manoj Mishra
3. Sundargarh – Janardan Dehury
4. Berhampur- Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik
5. Koraput- Saptagiri Ulaka
6. Kalahandi – Draupadi Majhi
7. Nabarangpur – Bhujabal Majhi
8. Kandhamal- Amir Chand Nayak

Among the Assembly poll nominees, it named Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattnatak as the candidate for Nuapada, while the party’s campaign committee chairman and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das will contest from the Narla seat in Kalahandi district.

Das’ son Sagar Charan has been fielded for the Bhawanipatna assembly segment and bureaucrat-turned-politician Bijay Patnaik from the Parlakehmundi seat in Gajapati district, according to the list.

Here is the list of 49 candidates announced by Congress for Assembly polls in Odisha:

1. Padampur – Tankadhar Sahu
2. Bijepur – Kishor Dafadar
3. Bargarh – Nipon Kumar Dash
4. Bhatli – Brahma Mahakud
5. Brajarajnagar – Kishore Chandra Patel
6. Talsara (ST) – Prabodh Tirkey
7. Sundargarh (ST) – Sudharani Raudia
8. Biramitrapur – Left to JMM
9. Raghunathpali (SC) – Gopal Das
10. Rourkela – Birendra Nath Pattnaik
11. Rajgangpur (ST) – CS Raazen Ekka
12. Bonai (ST) – Left to CPI-M
13. Loisingha (SC) – Om Prakash Kumbhar
14. Nuapada – Sarat Pattanayak
15. Umarkote (ST) – Sanraj Gond
16. Jharigam (ST) – Harabati Gond
17. Nabarangpur (ST) – Dilip Pradhan
18. Patnagarh – Anil Meher
19. Bolangir – Samarendra Mishra
20. Kantabanji – Santosh Singh Saluja
21. Dabugam (ST) –Lipika Majhi
22. Lanjigarh (ST) – Balabhadra Majhi
23. Junagarh – Tuleswar Naik
24. Dharamgarh – Rasmirekha Rout
25. Phulbani (ST) – Prativa Kanhar
26. Kantamal – Manoj Kumar Acharya
27. Boudh- Naba Kumar Mishra
28. Sanakhemundi- Ramesh Chandra Jena
29. Chikiti- Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantaray
30. Mohana –Dasarathi Gomango
31. Paralakhemundi- Bijay Patnaik
32. Banjanagar- Prasanta Bisoyi
33. Bhawanipatna (SC) – Sagar Charan Das
34. Narla – Bhakta Charan Das
35. Baliguda (ST) – Surada Pradhan
36. Udayagiri (ST) – Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
37. Polasara- Agasti Barada
38. Kabisuryanagar- Chiranjeevi Bisoyi
39. Surada- Harikrishna Rath
40. 40 Gunupur- Satyajeet Samango
41. Koraput- Krushna Chandra Kuldeep
42. Pottangi- Ramchandra Kadam
43. Malkangiri- Mala Madhi
44. Chitrakonda- Mangu Khila
45. Bissam Cuttack- Nilamadhab Hikaka
46. Rayagada- Kadraka Allapaswamy
47. Laxmipur- Pabitra Saunta
48. Kotpad- Anama Dian
49. Jeypore- Tara Prasad Bahinipati

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