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Congress Announces Candidates for Lok Sabha and Assembly Seats in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Congress party unveiled its candidates for three Lok Sabha seats and 16 Assembly constituencies in Odisha on Saturday, gearing up for the upcoming elections in the state.

In a press release issued by the All India Congress Committee (AICC), Dulal Chandra Pradhan has been nominated to contest from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat. Binod Bihari Nayak will replace Mohan Hembram as the party’s candidate for the Keonjhar seat, while Debokanta Sharma has been fielded from the Aska parliamentary constituency.

The party also announced its candidates for the Assembly seats, aiming to strengthen its presence across various constituencies in Odisha.

The list of candidates for the Assembly seats is as follows:

Jharsuguda: Amita Biswal
Badasahi: Kshirod Chandra Patra
Sukinda: Bibhu Bushan Rout
Kantamal: Sarat Kumar Pradhan
Kendrapara: Shipra Mallick
Rajanagar: Ashok Pratihari
Mahakalapada: Loknath Moharathy
Nimapara: Siddharth Routray
Pipili: Gyan Ranjan Patnaik
Jayadev: Krushna Sagaria
Khurda: Sonali Sahoo
Chilika: Pradeep Kumar Swain
Khandapada: Manoj Kumar Pradhan
Daspalla: Nakul Nayak
Kabisuryanagar: Sanjaya Kumar Mandal
Gopalpur: Shyam Sundargarh Sahu

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