Bhubaneswar: The Congress released the names of its candidates for 3 more Lk Sabha constituencies and 16 Assembly seats in Odisha on Saturday.
KC Venugopal, general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC), in a press release announced the names of party candidates. The Congress has nominated Dulal Chandra Pradhan for Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, Mohan Hembram for Keonjhar and Debakant Sharma for Aska.
List of candidates for 16 Assembly seats:
- Jharsuguda: Amita Biswal
- Badasahi: Kshirod Chandra Patra
- Sukinda: Bibhu Bushan Rout
- Kantamal: Sarat Kumar Pradhan
- Kendrapara: Shipra Mallick
- Rajanagar: Ashok Pratihari
- Mahakalapada: Loknath Moharathy
- Nimapara: Siddharth Routray
- Pipili: Gyan Ranjan Patnaik
- Jayadev: Krushna Sagaria
- Khurda: Sonali Sahoo
- Chilika: Pradeep Kumar Swain
- Khandapada: Manoj Kumar Pradhan
- Daspalla: Nakul Nayak
- Kabisuryanagar: Sanjaya Kumar Mandal
- Gopalpur: Shayam Sundargarh Sahu
With this, the Congress has announced its candidates for 138 Assembly seats out of the total 147 constituencies in the state.
Earlier in the day, the BJD released its 6th list of 9 candidates for Assembly elections. While BJD has nominated its leaders for 135 seats, the BJP has announced 131 candidates.