Congress fields Srikant Jena from Balasore, declares names for 118 Assembly seats

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Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Tuesday named Union Minister Srikant Jena as its candidate from Balasore Lok Sabha constituency while declaring its candidates for 118 Assembly constituencies and two
LS seats in Odisha.

The party has fielded Loknath Rath to contest from Aska LS constituency.

While party's sitting legislator from Kantabanjhi, Santosh Singh Saluja has been re-nominated to contest once again, Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Jayadev Jena would contest from Anandapur
assembly seat in Keonjhar district.

Similarly, Chiranjibi Biswal will remain in poll fray for Jagatsinghpur constituency while for Bolangir, senior party leader Narasingh Mishra will be the party's nominee.

This election, Brahmagiri constituency in Puri district is expected to witness a tough fight between opposition Congress and the ruling BJD.Though BJD is yet to declare its candidate for the assembly segment,the grand old party has fielded Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra as its nominee.

In 2009, BJD's Sanjay Das Burma had defeated Mohapatra to win the high-profile seat.

The party's candidates for the remaining seats are as follows:

Chilika-Manasi Prahan,

Satyabadi-Prasad Harichandan,

Padmapur-Prakash Tripathy,

Bargarh-Sadhu Nepak,

Bhatli-Prakash Debta,

Talsara-Prakash Majhi

Rourkela-Pravat Mohapatra,

Bonai-Bhimsen Choudhury,

Sambalpur-Sureswar Mishra

Bijepur-Subal Sahu,

Saraskana-Berel Sirka,

Udala-Dukhishyam Murmu,

Remuna-Pratyuh Jena,

Patna-Sanatan Nayak

Deogarh-Sen Hembram,

Raghunathpalli-Ashok Sethi,

Kuchinda-Rajendra Chhatria,

Atabira-Nihar Mahananda

Sundargarh-Yogesh Singh,

Loisingha-Pandav Kumbhar,

Khariar-Abhiraj Panigrahi

Umerkote-Jatindra Gond,

Dabugaon-Bhujabal Majhi,

Bhawanipatna-Dusmanta Nayak,

Rengali-Duryodhan Gadria

Ghasipura-Pruthviraj Kuanr,

Jharsuguda-Naba Das,

Bangiriposi-Sundar Mohan Singh,

Rajgangpur-Gregori Minj

Redhakhol-Asaf Ali Khan,

Jasipur-Minati Nayak,

Morada-Pravakar Mohapatra,

Hindol-Namita Nayak,

Chhendiapada-Agasti Behera

Baliguda-Klesha Pradhan,

Athagarh-Bichitrananda Muduli,

Sorada-Basant Bisoi,

Baripada-Priyabrata Majhi

Bisamcuttack-Damburudhara Ulaka,

Malkangiri-Mala Madhi,

Bhogarai-Saptasiva Das,

Simulia-Padmalochan Panda

Dhamnagar-Hrudananda Sethi,

Talcher-Sasmita Behera,

Boudh-Susant Pradhan,

Choudwar-Cuttack-Suresh Mohapatra

Kendrapara-Ganeshwar Behera,

Rajnagar-Ansuman Mohanty,

Junagarh-Gobardhan Das,

Khandapara-Binodini Mohanty

Kabisuryanagar-Sitamani Panigrahi,

G Udaygiri-Jacob Pradhan,

Banki-Rabindra Mallick,

Niali-Chhabi Mallick

Gopalpur-Bhagaban Gantayak,

Bhandaripokhari-Laxmi Devi,

Sukinda-Sarat Rout

Kamakhyanagar-Bhawani Sankar Mohapatra,

Athamalik-Surendra Pradhan,

Phulbani-Jalandhar Kahanr,

Salipur-Prakash Behera

Laxmipur-Kailash Kulsika,

Koraput-Krushna Sagria,

Karanjia-Baidyanath Singh

Basta-Jayanarayan Mohanty,

Jaleswar-Debi Prasad Chand,

Rairangpur-Shyam Charan Hansda,

Parjang-Santosh Rout

Barabati-Cuttack- Md Makim,

Cuttak Sadar-Chandrasekhar Samal,

Begunia-Debashis Patnaik,

Daspalla-Indumati Nayak

Chhatrapur-Banamali Sethi,

Narla-Jagannath Patnaik,

Nimapara-Biswaranjan Mohanty,

Aska-Saroj Padhi

Chitrakonda-Sunadhar Kakari,

Soro-Mrutyunjay Jena,

Bhadrak-Naren Pallai,

Binjharpur-Babita Mallick

Pallahada-Subodh Pani

Dharamgarh-Tusar Patjoshi,

Balikuda Erasama-Lalatendu Mohapatra,

Jatani-Suresh Routray

Jharigaon-Uladhar Maddhi, Khalikote-Bhokali Sethi,

Mohana-Dasarathi Gomang,

Kotpad-Chandrasekhar Majhi

Sana Khemundi-Ramesh Jena,

Digapahandi-Saka Sujit Kumar,

Birmaharajpur-Kartik Taria,

Nuapara-Ghasiram Majhi

Aul-Debendra Sharma,

Chilika-Manasi Prahan,

Satyabadi-Prasad Harichandan

Chikiti-Manoranjan Samantaray,

Pipili-Judhistira Samantaray,

Khurda-Dillip Srichandan,

Nayagarh-Sitakanta Mishra

Polsara-Gokulananda Mallick,

Berhampur-Bikram Panda,

Potangi-Ram Chandra Kadam,

Biramitrapur-Rajesh Kerketa

Basudevpur-Madhabananda Mallick,

Sonepur-Sarbeswar Purohit,

Titlagarh-Surendra Singh Bhoi,

Nabarangpur-Sadan Nayak

Chandabali-Jyoti Prakash Mohanty,

Anugul-Pratap Pradhan,

Patanagarh-Kishore Kumar Parichha