across the country Lok Sabha Elections Along with this, assembly elections are to be held in many states. Odisha is also one of them. Congress on Saturday (April 20) announced the names of 16 candidates for the Odisha Assembly elections.
There are a total of 147 assembly seats here. Earlier on April 2, the party had announced 49 candidates and then on April 14, 75 candidates were announced. Overall, till now the party has announced candidates for 140 seats.
The candidates selected by the Central Election Committee of Congress for the ensuing elections to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha 👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/xgtFcfSgJV
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 20, 2024
Who got the ticket from where?
According to the list of Congress candidates, Amita Biswal has been given ticket on VIP seat like Jharsuguda. Whereas Kshirod Chandra Patra has become the candidate for Badshahi seat. Vibhu Bhushan Raut has been given ticket on Sukinda seat while Sharad Kumar Pradhan has been made the candidate in Kantamal. From here, Sharad Kumar has got the ticket in place of the already announced candidate Manoj Kumar.
Similarly, on Jaydev seat, the party has made Krishan Sagariya its candidate in place of Jayant Kumar Bhoi. Whereas in Kavi Surya Nagar, ticket has been given to Sanjay Kumar Mandal in place of Vipin Bihari Swain. Similarly, Shipra Malik has been made the candidate for Kendrapara assembly seat. Whereas Gyan Ranjan Patnaik has been fielded from Pipli.