Odisha BJP full list: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced on Tuesday that it had re-nominated 17 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha while revealing its candidate list for 112 of the 147 Assembly constituencies in the state. From Brahmagiri constituency in Puri district, the party decided not to field Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, instead nominating his niece Upasana for the seat. Candidates for three other seats where the party holds MLAs in the outgoing assembly were not disclosed at this time. The BJP has included eight women contestants in its candidate list, including Sundergarh MLA Kusum Tete.
Furthermore, the BJP has included five former BJD members who have switched allegiances as its candidates. Former Income Tax Commissioner Sambit Tripathy has been nominated in Badamba, and actor-turned-politician Akash Das Nayak in Korei. Abhinandan, son of Kalahandi MP Basant Kumar Panda, will be contesting from Nuapada. The list also reveals that BJP state president Manmohan Samal will be contesting from Chandbali in Bhadrak district, while sitting MP from Bargarh, Suresh Pujari, will contest from Brajarajnagar. Pujari was denied a party ticket for the Lok Sabha polls this time.
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Sisir Mishra has been fielded against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik from the Hinjili Assembly constituency, while former BJD MP Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh will contest against former minister and sitting MLA Arun Kumar Sahoo in the Nayagarh assembly seat. Among the turncoats from BJD, Arabinda Dhali, Akash Das Nayak, Siddhant Mohapatra, Purna Chandra Sethi, and Priyadarshi Mishra have been given BJP tickets. Arabinda Dhali will be contesting from the Jayadev assembly segment in Khurda district.
Former MLA Purna Chandra Sethi, who resigned from BJD and joined the BJP on March 26, will contest from Khallikote assembly seat. Sethi had won two consecutive elections from the constituency in 2009 and 2014 but was denied a ticket in 2019. The election dates are scheduled for May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1.
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Odisha: Full list of BJP candidates and their constituencies
Padampur – Gobardhan Bhoy
Bijepur – Sanat Kumar Gartia
Bargarh – Ashwini Kumar Sarangi
Attabira (SC)- Nihar Ranjan Mahananda
Bhatli – Irasis Acharya
Brajarajnagar – Suresh Pujari
Jharsuguda – Tankadhar Tripathy
Talsara (ST) – Bhabani Shankar Bhoi
Sundargarh (ST) – Kusum Tete
Biramitrapur(ST) – Shankar Oram
Raghunathpali (SC) – Durga Charan Tanti
Rajgangapur (ST) – Narasingha Minz
Bonai (ST) – Sebati Nayak
Kuchinda (ST) – Rabinarayan Naik
Rengali (SC) – Nauri Nayak
Sambalpur – Jayanarayan Mishra
Rairakhol – Debendra Mohapatra
Deogarh – Subash Chandra Panigrahi
Anandapur (SC) – Alok Kumar Sethi
Keonjhar (ST)- Mohan Charan Majhi
Jashipur (ST) – Ganesh Ram Singh Khuntia
Udala (ST) – Bhaskar Madhei
Badasahi (SC) – Sanatan Bijuli
Baripada (ST) – Prakash Soren
Morada – Krushna Chandra Mohanpatra
Jaleswar- Braja Pradhan
Balasore – Manas Kumar Dutta
Remuna (SC) – Gobinda Chandra Das
Soro (SC) – Rajendra Das
Simulia – Padmalochan Panda
Bhadrak – Sitansu Sekhar Mohanpatra
Dhamnagar (SC) – Suryabanshi Suraj
Chandabali – Manmohan Samal
Binjharpur (SC) – Babita Mallick
Barchana – Amar Kumar Nayak
Dharmasala – Smruti Rekha Pahi
Jajpur – Goutam Ray
Korei – Akash Das Nayak
Sukinda – Pradeep Balasamanta
Dhenkanal – Krushna Chandra Patra
Kamakhyanagar – Satrughan Jena
Parjanga – Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
Pallahara – Ashok Mohanty
Talcher – Kalandi Charan Samal
Angul – Pratap Chandra Pradhan
Chhendipada (SC) – Agasti Behera
Athamallik – Sanjeeb Sahoo
Birmaharajpur (SC) – Raghunath Jagdala
Sonepur – Pramod Mahapatra
Loisingha (SC) – Mukesh Mahaling
Patnagarh – Kanal Vardhan Singh Deo
Bolangir – Gopalji Panigrahi
Titlagarh – Naveen Jain
Kantabanji – Laxman Bag
Nuapada – Abhinandan Kumar Panda
Khariar – Hitesh Kumar Bagartti
Umarkote (ST) – Nityananda Gond
Nabarangpur (ST) – Gouri Sankar Majhi
Lanjigarh (ST) – Ramesh Chandra Majhi
Junagarh – Manoj Kumar Meher
Dharmgarh – Sudhir Pattjoshi
Bhawnipatna (SC) – Pradipta Kumar Naik
Narla – Anirudhha Padhan
Baliguda (ST) – Kalpana Kumari Kanhar
G.Udhayagiri (ST) – Managobinda Pradhan
Phulbani (ST) – Uma Charan Mallick
Kantamal – Kanhai Charan Danga
Boudh – Saroj Pradhan
Baramba – Sambit Tripathy
Banki – Tusharkant Chakrabarti
Athagarh – Abhaya Kumar Barik
Choudwar Cuttack – Nayan Kishore Mohanty
Niali (SC) – Chabi Mallick
Cuttack Sadar (SC) – Prakash Chandra Sethi
Mahanga – Sumant Kumar Ghadei
Patkura – Tejeswar Parida
Aul – Krushna Chandra Panda
MahaKalapada – Durga Prasanna Nayak
Paradeep – Sampad Kumar Swain
Tirtol (SC) – Rajkishore Behera
Nimapara – Pravati Parida
Puri – Jayanta Kumar Sarangi
Bramhagiri – Upasana Mohanpatra
Satyabadi – Om Prakash Mishra
Pipili – Ashrit Kumar Pattnayak
Jayadev (SC) – Arabinda Dhali
Bhubaneswar Central – Jagnnath Pradhan
Bhubaneswar North – Priyadarshi Mishra
Ekamra – Bhubaneswar – Babu Singh
Jatani – Biswaranjan Badajena
Chilika – Prithiviraj Harichandan
Ranpur – Tapas Ranjan Martha
Khandapada – Dusmanta Swain
Daspalla (SC) – Raghav Mallick
Nayagarh – Pratyusha Rajeswari Singh
Bhanjanagar – Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
polasara – Gokula Nanda Mallick
Kabisuryangar – Pratap Chandra Nayak
Khalikote (SC) – Purna Chandra Nayak
Chhatrapur (SC) – Krushna Chandra Nayak
Aska – Saroj Kumar Padhi
Surada – Nilamani Bisoyi
Hinjili – Sisir Mishra
Gopalpur – Bibhuti Bhusan Jena
Berhampur – Anil Kumar
Digapahandi – Sidhant Mohanpatra
Chikiti – Manoranjan Dyan Samantaray
Paralakhemundi – K Naryana Rao
Gunupur (ST) – Trinath Gomanga
Koraput (SC) – Raghuram Machha
Pottangi (ST) – Chaitanya Hantal
Malkangiri (ST) – Narsingh Madkami
(This list will be updated as more names are announced)