NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday introduced its first listing of 112 candidates for the meeting polls in Odisha. The BJP has fielded Jayanta Kumar Sarangi from Puri, Prakash Chandra Sethi from Cuttack Sadar, and Jagannath Pradhan from Bhubaneswar Central.
Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal will probably be contesting from Chandabali, and Manoj Kumar Mehar will struggle from Junagarh. Meanwhile, the social gathering has fielded Sisir Mishra from Hinjili, the place he will probably be up towards BJD supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
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There are eight girls candidates on the BJP’s first listing. Sitting MP from Bargarh Suresh Pujari will contest from the Brajarajnagar Assembly seat. Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra has been denied the ticket from Brahmagiri in Puri district. Mohapatra’s niece, Upasana Mohapatra, bought the ticket from the Brahmagiri Assembly seat.
Simultaneous elections to 147 meeting seats and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies will probably be held in Odisha in 4 phases beginning May 13. Earlier within the 2019 Odisha Assembly polls, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) secured a major victory with 112 seats, the BJP received 23 seats, and the Congress went from 16 to 9 seats.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJD bought the utmost variety of seats, adopted by the BJP and the Congress. The BJD received 12 seats, the BJP completed an in depth second at 8 seats and the Congress bagged only a lone seat.
The Lok Sabha elections in Odisha are set to happen in 4 phases. The voting dates have been scheduled for May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1. Also, the voting for the Odisha legislative meeting can even be held in 4 phases on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 4.
