Battle 2019: BJP announces candidates for 99 MLA seats in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday announced candidates for 99 MLA seats in Odisha.

The saffron party has renominated nine sitting MLAs of the state. The party, currently, has 10 members in the 147-seat Assembly. For Chilika seat, BJP has nominated leader Prithviraj Harichandan in place of his uncle Bibhuti Harichandan.

However, the party has not announced candidates for Hinjili and Bijepur segments, where BJD president and CM Naveen Patnaik would fight.

BJP has accommodated allmost all former BJD leaders who recently joined the saffron party.

The party has omitted the Aska seat. And is likely to field former BJD leader and sitting MLA Debraj Mohanty at Aska. Mohanty has recently joined the saffron party after the ruling BJD denied him ticket.

The party has initially shared a list of 100 MLA candidates. However, a few minutes later, it revised the list by ommiting the candidate’s name for Aska seat.

The MLA candidates for 99 seats are:

1. Padampur- Pradeep Purohit
2. Bargarh- Aswini Sarangi
3. Attabira (SC)- Milan Seth
4. Brijrajnagar- Smt. Radha Rani Panda
5. Talsara (ST)- Bhabani Bhoi
6. Sundargarh- Smt. Kusum Tete
7. Biramitrapur (ST)- Shankar Oram
8. Raghunathpali (SC)- Jagabandhu Behera
9. Rourkela- Nihar Ray
10. Rajgangpur (ST)- Narsing Minj
11. Bonai (ST)- Anil Barla
12. Kuchinda (ST)- Rabi Narayan Nayak
13. Rengali (SC)-Nauri Nayak
14. Sambalpur- Jayanarayan Mishra
15. Telkoi (ST)- Dhanujaya Sidhu
16. Ghasipura Prithivraj kanhar
17. Anandapur (SC)- Bhagirati Sethi
18. Patna (ST)- Bhabani Shankar Nayak
19. Keonjhar (ST)- Mohan Majhi
20. Jashipur (ST)- Ganeshram Khuntia
21. Saraskana (ST)- Dr. Budhan Murmu
22. Bangriposi (ST)- Sukuda Murmu
23. Karanjia (ST)- Padmacharan Haibru
24. Udala (ST)- Bhaskar Madhei
25. Badasahi (SC)- Sanatan Bijuli
26. Baripada (ST)- Prakash Soren
27. Jaleswar- Jaya Narayan Mohanty
28. Balasore- Madanmohan Dutta
29. Remuna (SC)-Gobind Chandra Das
30. Soro (SC)- Rakesh Mallick
31. Simulia- Padmalochan Panda
32. Basudevpur- Madabananda Mallick
33. Dhamnagar (SC)- Bishnu Sethy
34. Chandbali- Manmohan Samal
35. Binjharpur (SC)- Smt. Babita Mallick
36. Bari- Biswa Ranjan Mallick
37. Barachana- Amar Nayak
38. Dharmasala- Tusar Parida
39. Jajpur- Goutam Ray
40. Korei- Biswajit Nayak
41. Sukinda- Pradeep Balasamata
42. Dhenkanal- Krushna Chandra Patra
43. Hindol (SC)- Ashok Nayak
44. Kamakhyanagar- Satrughana Jena
45. Parjanga- Bibhuti Pradhan
46. Pallahara- Ashok Mohanty
47. Talcher- Kalandi Samal
48. Angul- Pratap Pradhan
49. Chhendipada(SC)- Agasti Behera
50. Loisingha (SC)- Mukesh Mahaling
51. Patnagarh- Kanak Verdhan Singh Deo
52. Titlagarh- Ashok Dora
53. Kantabanji- Laxman Bag
54. Khariar- Rita Rani Bagarti
55. Umerkote (ST)- Nityananda Gond
56. Nabarangpur (ST)-Gouri Majhi
57. Lanjigarh (ST)-Ramesh Majhi
58. Junagarh- Manoj Meher
59. Dharmgarh- Ananta Pratap Deo
60. Narla- Anirudh Pradhan
61. Baliguda (ST)- Karendra Majhi
62. Udayagiri (ST)- Smt. Archana Pradhan
63. Kantamal- Kanhei Danga
64. Boudh- Susanta Pradhan
65. Badamba- Bijay kumar Dalbehra
66. Barabati Cuttack- Samir Dey
67. Choudwar Cuttack- Nayan Kishore Mohanty
68. Cuttack Sadar (SC)- Dillip Mallick
69. Salipur-Prakash Behera
70. Mahanga- Sarada Pradhan
71. Aul- Dola Gobind Nayak
72. Rajanagar- Aleka Jena
73. Tirtol (SC)- Prof. Ramakanat Bhoi
74. Balikuda Erasama- Dr. Damodar Rout
75. Jagatsinghpur- Satyabrat Mohapatra
76. Kakatpur (SC)- Tusarakanti Behera
77. Nimapara- Smt. Pravati Parida
78. Brahmagiri- Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra
79. Satyabadi- Omm Prakash Mishra
80. Pipili- Ashrit Pattnayak
81. Bhubaneswar (Central)- Jagannath Pradhan
82. Ekamra Bhubaneswar- Babu Singh
83. Khurda- Kalukhandayat Ray
84. Chilika- Prithivraj Harichandan
85. Ranpur- Smt. Surama Padhy
86. Khandapada- Sidhartha Singh Mardaraj
87. Nayagarh- Smt. Irani Roy
88. Bhanjanagar- Pradyumna Nayak
89. Polasara- Gokulananda Mallik
90. Khalikote (SC)- Smt. Bharati Behera
91. Sanakhemundi- Bijay Swain
92. Gopalpur- Bibhuti Jena
93. Chikiti- Manoranjan Dyansamantray
94. Paralakhemundi- Shri K. Narayan Rao
95. Bissam Cuttack (ST)- Shibashankar Ullaka
96. Laxmipur (ST)- Kumuda Saunta
97. Kotpad (ST)- Khageswar Pujari
98. Pottangi (ST)- Rama Chandra Pangi
99. Malkangiri (ST)- Aditya Madhi

Earlier in the evening, the party has announced names of 10 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The candidates are:

1. Sundargarh – Jual Oram
2. Balasore – Pratap Sarangi
3. Bolangir – Sangeeta Singhdeo
4. Nabarangpur – Balabhadra Majhi
5. Kendrapara – Baijayant Panda
6. Berhampur – Bhrugu Baxipatra
7. Dhenkanal – Rudra Narayan Pani
8. Bhubaneswar – Aparajita Sarangi
9. Keonjhar – Anant Nayak
10. Aska – Anita Priyadarshini