The Congress on Wednesday announced the candidates for the remaining 25 Assembly seats on the last day of the filing of nominations.
The candidates are Sibananda Ray (Bhubaneswar Ekamra), Suvendu Mohanty (Bhubaneswar Central), Manoranjan Das (Bhubaneswar North), Benudhar Bhoi (Jayadev), Uma Ballav Rath (Puri), Satyajit Patnaik (Ranpur), Gagan Jena (Bari), Rabi Sethi (Kakatpur), Janmejaya lenka (Badachana), Sidheswar Mishra (Dhenkanal), Bapi Sarkhel (Paradip), Rajkishore Behera (Tirtol), Srinath Mishra (Dharmasala), Khetramohan Mohanta (Champua), Biswajit Nayak (Korei), laxmi Devi (Badamba), Santosh Nanda (Jajpur), Dhanurjaya Sidhu (Telkoi), Sidheswar Nayak (Keonjhar), Yaminikanta Nayak (Badasahi), Kirtan Mohapatra (Nilagiri), Arun Dey (Baleswar Sadar), Balaram Parida (Mahakalapada), Sk Matlub Ali (Mahanga) and Jayant Mohanty (Patkura).
However, the party announced changes of its candidates in four Assembly seats. It allotted ticket to lala Manoj Ray in place of Sitakanta Mishra for Nayagarh. Jyoti Mohanty, who was allotted ticket to contest from Chandbali, was replaced by Amiya Mohapatra while Subrat Das replaced laxmi Devi for Bhandaripokhari and Gagan Jena replaced Biswa Mallick for Bari. All the candidates filed their nominations on Wednesday.