Bhubaneswar: After BJD and BJP, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Tuesday released the first list of candidates for eight Lok Sabha and 49 Assembly seats in Odisha.
As per the notification, Sanjay Bhoi will contest from Bargarh while Janardan Dehury got party ticket to fight from Sundergarh Lok Sabha constituency. Film star Manoj Mishra, who had recently joined the party also secured a ticket to contest from Bolangir.
Draupadi Majhi has been fielded from Kalahandi Lok Sabha seat, Bhujabal Majhi from Nabarangpur, Amir Chand Nayak from Kandhamal, Rashmi Ranjan Nayak from Berhampur and Saptagiri Ulaka from Koraput.
Similarly, the party announced candidates for 49 Assembly segments in Odisha.
PCC president Sarat Pattnayak will contest from Nuapada, Bijay Pattnaik got ticket to fight from Paralakhemundi. Prabodh Tirkey will fight from Talsara Assembly seat while Kishore Patel will contest the Assembly poll from Brajrajnagar.
Here is the full list of Assembly candidates —————
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) – Dr. CS Raazen Ekka
12. Bonai (ST) – Left to CPI-M
13. Loisingha (SC) – Om Prakash Kumbhar
14. Patnagarh – Anil Meher
15. Bolangir – Samarendra Mishra
16. Kantabanji – Santosh Singh Saluja
17. Nuapada – Sarat Pattanaya
18.Umarkote (ST) – Sanraj Gond
19. Jharigam (ST) – Harabati Gond
20. Nabarangpur (ST) – Dilip Pradhan
21. Dabugam (ST) – Dr. Lipika Majhi
22. Lanjigarh (ST) – Balabhadra Majhi
23. Junagarh – Tuleswar Naik
24. Dharmgarh – Rasmirekha Rout
25. Bhawanipatna (SC) – Sagar Charan Das
26. Narla – Bhakta Charan Das
27. Baliguda (ST) – Surada Pradhan
28. G. Udayagiri (ST) – Prafulla Chandra Pradhan
29. Phulbani (ST) – Prativa Kanhar
30. Kantamal – Manoj Kumar Acharya
31. Boudh- Naba Kumar Mishra
32. Banjanagar- Prasanta Bisoyi
33. Polasara- Agasti Barada
34. Kabisuryanagar- Chiranjeevi Bisoyi
35. Surada- Harikrishna Rath
36. Sanakhemundi- Ramesh Chandra Jena
37. Chikiti- Ravindra Nath Dyan Samantaray
38. Mohana –Dasarathi Gomango
39. Paralakhemundi- Bijay Patnaik
40 Gunupur- Satyajeet Samango
41. Bissam Cuttack- Nilamadhab Hikaka
Congress List of candidates for Lok Sabha seats —
1.Bargarh – Sanjay Bhoi
2. Sundargarh – Janardan Dehury
3. Bolangir- Manoj Mishra
4. Kalahandi – Draupadi Majhi
5. Nabarangpur – Bhujabal Majhi
6. Kandhamal- Amir Chand Nayak
7. Berhampur- Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik
8. Koraput- Saptagiri Ulaka
