Candidates representing prominent political parties like BJD, BJP and Congress filed nominations for all nine ZP seats while a CPI candidate filed nomination from one seat. Five Independent candidates also filed their nominations for ZP seats.
The nine seats constitute three seats of lakhanpur block, two seats each of Jharsuguda and laikera blocks and one each of Kolabira and Kirmira blocks. likewise 1,253 candidates for ward members, 409 candidates for sarpanch and 220 for panchayat samiti members filled their nominations. Jharsugda MlA Naba Kishore Das, Brajrajnagar MlA Radha Rani Panda and WODC Chairman Kishore Kumar Mohanty claimed that their respective party candidates would claim the Chairmanship of the District Council.