NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) on Tuesday introduced its first checklist 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 battle from Junagarh. In the meantime, the occasion has fielded Sisir Mishra from Hinjili, the place he will probably be up in opposition to BJD supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik.
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There are eight girls candidates on the BJP’s first checklist. Sitting MP from Bargarh Suresh Pujari will contest from the Brajarajnagar Meeting seat. Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra has been denied the ticket from Brahmagiri in Puri district. Mohapatra’s niece, Upasana Mohapatra, obtained the ticket from the Brahmagiri Meeting seat.
Simultaneous elections to 147 meeting seats and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies will probably be held in Odisha in 4 phases beginning Could 13. Earlier within the 2019 Odisha Meeting polls, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) secured a big victory with 112 seats, the BJP received 23 seats, and the Congress went from 16 to 9 seats.
Within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJD obtained the utmost variety of seats, adopted by the BJP and the Congress. The BJD received 12 seats, the BJP completed a detailed second at eight 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 Could 13, Could 20, Could 25, and June 1. Additionally, the voting for the Odisha legislative meeting will even be held in 4 phases on Could 13, Could 20, Could 25 and June 1. The counting of votes is scheduled for June 4.
