Elections 2024: BJD Releases First List Of Lok Sabha, Assembly Candidates

Bhubaneswar, Mar 27: The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly elections.

BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik read out the names at a programme here.

He named Bishnubrata Routray as the party candidate for Basudevpur Assembly seat, Byomokesh Ray for Chandbali, Sujata Sahoo for Jajpur, Jagannath Saraka for Bissamkatak, Ranendra Pratap Swain for Athgarh, Arjun Mohapatra for Patkura, Chandra Sarati Behera for Cuttack Sadar, Debi Ranjan Tripathy for Banki, Nrusingha Sahoo for Parjang, Raghunath Gamang for Gunpur, Rita Sahu for Bijepur and Subashini Jena for the Basta Assembly constituency seat.

The Lok Sabha candidates are: Pranab Prakash Das (Sambalpur), Manmath Routray (Bhubaneswar), Dillip Tirkey (Sundargarh), Sudam Marndi (Mayurbhanj), Ansuman Mohanty (Kendrapara), Pradeep Majhi (Nabarangpur), Lambodhar Nial (Kalahandi), Ranjita Sahu (Aska) and Kaushalya Hikkaka (Koraput).