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Bhubaneswar: Amid unabated exodus from Party, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) today announced names of the party candidates for the first two phases of 2019 general polls in Odisha.
In the first phase, Odisha will go to polls for four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly seats on April 11 while elections will be there for five Lok Sabha seats and 35 Assembly seats in the second phase on April 18.
Names of BJD Candidates for Lok Sabha Seats
Koraput- Kaushalya Hikaka
Nabarangpur- Ramesh Chandra Majhi
Kalahandi- Pushpendra Singh Deo
Berhampur- Chandrasekhar Sahu
Kandhamal- Achyuta Samanta
Aska- Pramila Bishoyi
Bargarh- Prasanna Acharya
Bolangir- Kalikesh Singh Deo
Sundergarh- Sunita Biswal
Aska Parliamentary Constituency
Aska- Manjula Swain
Soroda- Purna Chandra Swain
Sanakhemundi - Nandini Devi
Hinjili- Naveen Patnaik
Polasara- Srikant Sahu
Kabisuryanagar- Latika Pradhan
Khallikote: K K Suryamani Bahidar
Kandhamal Parliamentary Constituency
Baliguda: Chakradhar Kanhar
Udaygiri: Saluga Pradhan
Boudh: Pradip Kumar Amat
Kantamal: Mahidhdar Rana
Bhanjanagar: Bikram Keshari Arukh
Daspalla: Ramesh Behera
Bolangir Parliamentary Constituency
Titlagarh- Tukuni Sahu
Patnagarh- Saroj Meher
Sonepur- Niranjan Pujari
Kantabanji- Ajay Das
Biramaharajpur- Padmanabha Behera
Bargarh Parliamentary Constituency
Bargarh- Debesh Acharya
Attabira- Snehangini Chhuria
Bhatli- Susanta Singh
Padampur- Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha
Bijepur- Naveen Patnaik
Jharsuguda- Naba Kishore Das
Sundargarh Parliamentary Constituency
Sundargarh: Jogesh Kumar Singh
Rajgangpur: Mangala Kishan
Talsara: Stephen Soren
Rourkela: Sarada Prasad Nayak
Ragunathpali: Subrat Tarai
Bonai: Ranjit Kishan
Kalahandi Parliamentary Constituency
Bhawanipatna- Dushmanta Naik
Narla- Bhupinder Singh
Junagarh- Dibya Sankar Mishra
Dharmgarh- Mausudi Bag
Nuapada- Rajendra Dholakia
Khariar- Lambodar Nial
Berhampur Parliamentary Constituency
Berhampur- Bikram Kumar Panda
Gopalpur- Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy
Digapahandi- Surjya Narayan Patro
Chikiti- Usha Devi
Chhatrapur- Subhas Chandra Behera
Parlakhemundi- Kalyani Gajapathi
Mohana- Purnabasi Nayak
Koraput Parliamentary Constituency
Bissam Cutack- Jagannath Saraka
Gunupur- Raghunath Gomango
Rayagada- Lal Bihari Himrika
Koraput- Raghuram Padal
Laxmipur- Prabhu Jani
Jeypore- Rabi Narayan Nanda
Nabarangpur Parliamentary Constituency
Nabarangpur- Sadashiva Pradhani
Umerkote- Subash Gond
Dabugaon- Manohar Randhari
Kotpad- Padmini Dian
Chitrakonda- Purna Chandra Baka
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However, BJD is yet to announce candidates for nine assembly seats which will go to polls in the first two phases- Pottangi (Koraput LS), Biramitrapur and Brajarajnagar (Sundergarh LS), Bolangir and Loisingha (Bolangir LS), Lanjigarh (Kalahandi LS), Jharigaon and Malkangiri (Nabarangpur LS), Phulbani (Kandhamal LS).
Meanwhile, the candidates can file the nominations from today with the last date of nomination filing being March 25. The nomination papers' verification will be on March 26 while the last date of withdrawal is March 28.