Congress names 8 candidates for Lok Sabha, 47 candidates for Assembly polls in Odisha

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By admin Last updated Apr 4, 2024

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Tuesday released its first list of eight candidates for the Lok Sabha polls and 47 candidates for the assembly elections, which will be simultaneously held in Odisha in four phases.
Among the assembly poll nominees, it named Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Sarat Pattnatak as the candidate for Nuapada, while the party’s campaign committee chairman and former Union minister Bhakta Charan Das will contest from the Narla seat.

The party renominated its sitting MP Saptagiri Ulaka, who will contest from the Koraput seat. The other candidates for the Lok Sabha seats are Sanjay Bhoi (Bargarh), Janardan Dehury (Sundergarh), Manoj Mishsra (Bolangir), Droupadi Majhi (Kalahandi), Bhujabal Majhi (Nabarangpur), Amir Chand Nayak (Kandhamal) and Rashmi Ranjan Patnaik (Berhampur).
Odisha has 21 lok sabha seats and 147 Assembly seats. Earlier in the day, the BJP has released candidates for 112 Assembly seats of the state.

Congress names 8 candidates for Lok Sabha, 47 candidates for Assembly polls in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The Congress party on Tuesday released its first list comprising eight candidates for the Lok Sabha elections and 47 contenders for the concurrent assembly elections in Odisha, slated to occur over four phases.
Noteworthy among the assembly nominees, Sarat Pattnatak, President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC), was nominated for the Nuapada constituency, while Bhakta Charan Das, the party’s Campaign Committee Chairman and former Union Minister, was designated as the candidate for the Narla constituency.