BJP announces 2nd list of candidates for Odisha


Bhubaneswar: The BJP has declared the second list of candidates for five Lok Sabha and 22 Assembly seats in Odisha.

National spokesperson Sambit Patra has been fielded from Puri Lok Sabha constituency while state BJP president Basant Kumar Panda has been declared party’s candidate for Kalahandi.

BJP national secretary Suresh Pujari will contest from Bargarh while Nitesh Ganga Deb from Sambalpur and Jayaram Pangi feom Koraput parliamentary constituency.

Earlier, the party had declared candidates for 10 Lok Sabha and 99 Assembly seats.

22 Assembly seats are:

  1. Irasis Acharya- Bhatli
  2. Subash Panigrahi- Deogarh
  3. Raghunath Jagdala- Birmaharajpur
  4. Ashok Pujari- Sonepur
  5. Ananta Das- Bolangir
  6. Homsingh Majhi- Nuapada
  7. Parshuram Majhi- Jharigram
  8. Padman Nayak- Dabugam
  9. Pradeep Nayak- Bhawanipatna
  10. Purna Chandra Nayak- Daspalla
  11. Ranjan Polai- Kabisuryanagar
  12. Prasant Kar- Chhatrapur
  13. Debraj Mohanty- Aska
  14. Nilamani Bisoi- Surada
  15. Kanhu Pati- Berhampur
  16. Pinky Pradhan- Digapahandi
  17. Prashant Mallik- Mohana
  18. Shisir Gomang- Gunpur
  19. Basanta Ulaka- Rayagada
  20. Goutam Samantray- Jeypore
  21. Tripura Garda- Koraput
  22. Padu Majhi- Chitrakonda