CPI announces candidates for 1 LS & 11 Assembly seats in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Monday released the list of its candidates for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha.

The CPI’s state general secretary Abhay Sahu at a press conference in Bhubaneswar announced the names of the party’s candidates for one Lok Sabha seat and 11 Assembly constituencies.

The Left party has nominated Ramesh Chandra Sethi as its candidate for Lok Sabha elections to Jagatsinghpur constituency.

Nominees for Assembly Seats:

• Gurunath Pradhan: Chhatrapur
• Rajendra Nayak: Sundargarh
• Abhijit Sahu: Balikuda-Ersama
• Ramesh Chandra Tripathy: Brajrajngar
• Jinmayee Sahani: Paradip
• Prabin Das: Kabisuryanagar
• Ajay Patnaik: Nilagiri
• Sankarsan Barik: Bhubaneswar North
• Manoj Parida: Nimapara
• Kumar Jani: Laxmipur
• Pandav Bhoi: Kantabanji

Earlier, the CPI(M) had announced its candidates for one Lok Sabha and seven Assembly constituencies in Odisha. It nominated veteran leader and state secretary of the party Suresh Panigrahy from Bhubaneswar Parliamentary constituency.