Biju Janata Dal (BJD) supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday announced the party’s third list of candidates for nine Lok Sabha and 36 Assembly seats.
The Lok Sabha candidates are: Bhubaneswar – Arup Patnaik, Baleswar– Rabindra Kumar Jena, Mayurbhanj – Debasis Marandi, Kendrapada– Anubhav Mohanty (now Rajya Sabha member), Jajpur – Sarmistha Sethi, Bhadrak – Manjulata Mandal, Puri – Pinaki Misra, Sambalpur –Nalini Kanta Pradhan and Jagatsinghpur – Rajashri Mallick.
The MLA candidates are: Angul – Rajananikant Singh, Brahmagiri – Sanjaya Dasburma, Bhubaneswar Ekamra – Ashok Chandra Panda, Banki – Debi Ranjan Tripathi (Pravat Tripathy’s son), Patkura- Bed Prakash Agrawal, Aul- Pratap Keshari Deb, Bhandaripokhari – Prafulla Kumar Samal, Binjharpur- Pramila Mallick, Badamba-Narsinghpur – Debi Prasad Mishra, Chhendipada – Susant Kumar Behera, Simulia – Jyoti Prakash Panigrahi, Sukinda- Priti Ranjan Ghadai, Dharmasala- Pranab Balabantaray, Chandbali – Byomkesh Ray, Choudwar-Cuttack – Souvik Biswal (Prabhat Biswal’s son), Parjanga– Nrushingha Sahu, Mahanga – Pratap Kumar Jena, Remuna – Sudhansu Sekhar Parida, Basudevpur – Bishnubrata Routray (Bijayshree Routray’s son), Salepur- Prasant Behera, Nayagarh- Arun Kumar Sahu, Kuchinda- Kishore Chandra Nayak, Karanjia – Basanti Hembram,Ghasipura- Badri Narayan Patra , Mahakalpada- Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Keonjhar- Madhab Sardar, Telkoi – Premananda Nayak, Bhogarai -Ananta Kumar Das, Talcher- Braja Kishore Pradhan, Dhenkanal – Sudhir Kumar Samal, Hindol- Seema Rani Nayak, Kamakhyanagar- Prafulla Mallick and Athagarh – Ranendra Pratap Swain , Satyabadi – Umakant Samantray, Patana – Jagannath Nayak and Ranapur – Satya Narayan Pradhan.