Bhubaneswar, March 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the list of candidates for 18 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will contest from Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency. Aparajita Sarangi is BJP’s candidate from the Bhubanesar.
Also Odisha, state BJP unit has shortlisted candidates for 147 assembly and 21 Lok Sabha seats. Candidate's name have been sent to the party’s high command in New Delhi for further consideration.
Jual Oram will contest from Sundargarh ( reserved for ST) seat.
Pradeep Panigrahi, who joined the BJP recently, will be candidate from Berhampur.
List of BJP's LS candidates:
Balangir: Sangeeta Singh Deo
Kalahandi: Malvika Keshari Deo
Nabarangpur: Balabhadra Majhi
Kendrapada: Baijayant Panda
Jagatsinghpur: Bibhu Tarai
Puri: Sambit Patra
Bhubaneswar: Aparajita Sarangi
Berhampur: Pradeep Panigrahy
Bargarh: Pradeep Purohit
Sambalpur: Dharmendra Pradhan
Sundargarh: Jual Oram
Keonjhar: Ananta Nayak
Mayurbhanj: Naba Majhi
Balasore: Pratap Sarangi
Bhadrak: Abhimanyu Sethi
Dhenkanal: Rudra Pany
Aska: Anita Subhadarshini
Koraput: Kaliram Majhi
Names of Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal LS candidates have not been announced.
