Cong issues list of candidates

New Delhi: The Congress Monday released the first list of its candidates for six Lok Sabha and 36 Assembly constituencies in Odisha. The party has announced the names of candidates for the constituencies where elections will be held in the first and second phases. However, the party has not announced the names of all the seats that will go for polls in the first two phases.

Earlier, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik said the screening committee has shortlisted the names of candidates for 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly constituencies and submitted the list to the party’s central election committee (CEC). He said the CEC has finalised the names of candidates for nine Lok Sabha and 63 Assembly seats. The CEC will hold a meeting March 22 to finalise the names for 12 Lok Sabha and 84 Assembly seats in the state.

Candidates for 6 LS seats

1. Kandhamal: Manoj Kumar Acharya
2. Berhampur: Chandrasekhar Naidu
3. Bargarh (ST): Pradeep Kumar Devta
4. Sundargard (ST): George Tirkey
5. Kalahandi: Bhakta Charan Das
6. Nabarangpur (ST): Pradeep Majhi

Nominees for 36 Assembly seats
Constituency  and candidates

1. Padampur-                Sataya Bhusan Sahu
2. Bargarh-                    Nipan Das
3. Attabira (SC)-            Nihar Mahananda
4. Biramitrapur (ST)-      Rohit Joseph Tirkey
5. Rajgangpur (ST)-       Dr CS Rajan
6. Birmaharajpur (SC)-   Binod Kumar Patra
7. Bolangir-                    Narsingha Mishra
8. Nuapada-                   Ghasiram Majhi
9. Khariar-                      Adhiraj Panigrahi
10. Jharigam (ST)-            Uldhar Math
11. Nabarangpur (ST)-     Sadan Nayak
12. Dabugam (ST)-           Bhujbal Majhi
13. Lanjigarh (ST)-            Shibaji Majhi
14. Dharmgarh-                Digambar Duna
15. Baliguda (ST)-             Siman Mallick
16. Phulbani (ST)-             Kishore Chandra Kanhar
17. Kantamal-                   Prashant Sahoo
18. Daspalla (SC)-             Prasant Kumar Nayak
19. Bhanjanagar-              Sanjay Kumar Tripathy
20. Polasara-                     Hari Charan Swain
21. Kabisuryanagar-          Bijay Kumar Sahoo
22. Aska-                           Manoj Kumar Jena
23. Sanakhemundi-           Ramesh Chandra Jena
24. Hinjili-                         Ram Krishna Panda
25. Gopalpur-                   S Dharmaraj Reddy
26. Berhampur-                 Lingraj Choudhury
27. Digapahandi-              Bismaya Mahapatra
28. Chikiti-                        Subhash Chandra Rout
29. Mohana (ST)-              Dr Dasarathi Gamango
30. Gunupur (ST)-             Purushottam Gamango
31. Bissam Cuttack (ST)-   Neelmadhab Hikoka
32. Jeypore-                      Tara Prasad Bahinipati
33. Koraput (SC)-              Krushna Chandra Kuldeep
34. Pottangi (ST)-              Ram Chandra Kadam
35. Malkangiri (ST)-           Mala Madhi
36. Chitrakonda (ST)-        Laxmipriya Nayak