Bhubaneswar: A total of 19 nominations have been filed for next month’s Nuapada byelection in Odisha, the office of Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) informed.
Monday was the last day for filing nominations for the Assembly bypoll in Nuapada, where voting will take place on November 11.
Following are the 8 candidates in fray from political parties:
Jay Dholakia (BJP), Snehangini Chhuria (BJD), Ghasiram Majhi (Congress), Ramakant Hati (Samajwadi Party), Hemant Tandi (Bahujan Mukti Party), Raja Ram Sahu (Bahujan Samaj Party), Sukadhar Dandasena and Sitaram Behera (Rashtriya Paribartan Dal(.
Following are the 11 Independent candidates:
Ashraya Mahanand, Chakrant Jena, Purusottam Behera, Kamal Kumar Chhatria, Bhubanlal Sahu, Lochan Majhi, Bhujabal Adabanga, Kishore Kumar Bagh, Bhaktabandhu Dharua, Nita Bagh and Laxmikanta Tandi.
The nomination papers will be scrutinised on October 22, and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is October 24.
Byelection in Nuapada has been necessitated because of BJD MLA Rajendra Dholakia’s demise on September 8.
A four-time MLA from Nuapada, the late Rajendra Dholakia had defeated Independent candidate Ghasiram Majhi by around 11,000 votes in the 2024 Assembly polls. He had served as a minister in the BJD government under then-CM Naveen Patnaik.
Interestingly, the ruling BJP has picked Dholakia’s son Jay as its candidate for the upcoming byelection.
