New Delhi/Bhubaneswar,  Mar 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the names of 18 candidates for Odisha for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP has fielded Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the Sambalpur constituency. 

The list of candidates announced by the BJP for the 18 Lok Sabha seats in the state is as follows:

1. Bargarh - Pradeep Purohit
2. Sundargarh- Jual Oram
3. Sambalpur - Dharmendra Pradhan
4. Keonjhar - Anant Nayak
5. Mayurbhanj - Naba Charan Majhi
6. Balasore - Pratap Sarangi
7. Bhadrak - Avimanyu Sethi
8. Dhenkanal - Rudra Narayan Pani
9. Bolangir - Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
10. Kalahandi - Malvika Keshari Deo
11. Nabarangpur - Balabhadra Majhi
12. Kendrapara - Baijayant Panda
13. Jagatsinghpur - Bibhu Prasad Tarai
14. Puri - Sambit Patra
15. Bhubaneswar - Aparajita Sarangi
16. Aska - Anita Subhadarshini
17. Berhampur - Pradeep Panigrahy
18. Koraput - Kaliram Majhi

There are 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

Odisha will vote in the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls, which are being held simultaneously, in four phases. The polling will be held on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.

The votes will be counted with the rest of the country on June 4.

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