Bhubaneswar: The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the All India Congress Committee on Friday announced the name of candidates for seven Lok Sabha and 20 Assembly seats in Odisha.
Mentioned below is the list of Lok Sabha seats and the candidates as announced by the CEC.
1. Fakir Mohan Nayak-Keonjhar (ST)
2. Navajyoti Patnaik-Balasore (General)
3. Madhumita Sethi-Bhadrak (SC)
4. KP Singh Deo-Dhenkanal (General)
5. Dharanidhar Nayak-Kendrapada (General)
6. Pratima Mallick-Jagatsinghpur (SC)
7. Satya Prakash Nayak-Puri (General)
Prior to this, Congress has announced candidates for eight Lok Sabha seats. They are
1. Pradeep Kumar Debata (Bargarh-ST)
2. George Tirkey (Sundargarh-ST)
3. Bhakta Charan Das (Kalahandi-General)
4. Pradip Majhi (Nabarangpur-ST)
5. Manoj Kumar Acharya (Kandhamal-General)
6. V. Chandrasekhar Naidu (Berhampur-General)
7. Samarendra Mishra (Balangir-General)
8. Saptagiri Ullaka (Koraput-ST)
Sources said that the Congress will announce the candidates for the remaining six seats very soon.
The candidates for the 20 Assembly seat announced by the party are
1. Mohan Hembram (Telkoi-ST)
2. Gopeswar Naik (Patana-ST)
3. Mahendra Naik (Jashipur-ST)
4. Benudhar Mohapatra (Udala-ST)
5. Dasaratha Singh (Baripada-ST)
6. Satyasiba Das (Bhograi)
7. Bijan Nayak (Basta)
8. Pratap Sethi (Remuna-SC)
9. Ashok Kumar Das (Basudevpur
10. Bidyadhar Jena (Dhamnagar-SC)
11. Manoranjan Das (Binjharpur- SC)
12. Umesh Jena (Bari)
13. Sarat Rout (Sukinda)
14. Jasaswini Rout (Parjanga)
15. Mamata Bhoi (Niali- SC)
16. Debendra Kumar Sahoo (Mahanga)
17. Jayanta Mohanty (Patkura)
18. Bibhu Prasad Tarai (Tirtol- SC)
19. Auro Prasad Mishra (Puri)
20. Manoj Kumar Sahoo (Nayagarh)
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