BJP announces nominees for 45 Assembly seats

The Pioneer, March 24, 2009
PNS | Bhubaneswar

The BJP's Central Election Committee on Monday announced the names of candidates for 45 Assembly seats. As per the list, senior BJP leader Biswabhusan Harichandan would fight from Central Bhubaneswar Assembly constituency. The Election Committee has also finalised the name for another three Lok Sabha seats. Hindu Jagaran Samukhya State unit president Ashok Sahu will contest from Phulbani, Santi Debi from Aska and Upendra Majhi from Koraput. The party had earlier announced the nominees for seven parliament seats.

As per the announcement, Pradeep Purohit will fight from Padampur Assembly seat, Md Rafique (Bijepur), Bimbadhar Kunar (Bhatli), Sahadev Xaxa (Talsara), Premsagar Oram (Sundergarh), Raisen Tirkey (Biramitrapur), Santosh Behera (Raghunathpalli), Mahendra Majhi (Rairangpur), Bhimsen Choudhari (Bonai), Rabi Naik (Kuchinda), Subash Panigrahi (Deogarh), Mohan Majhi (Keonjhar), Golak Naik (Baripada), Aswani Patra (Jaleswar), Pratap Sarangi (Nilagiri), Bhagirathi Pradhan (Athamallick), Damayanti Barik (Birmaharajpur), Naba Danta (Sonepur), Magha Kumbhar (Loisingha), KP Singh Deo (Patnagarh), Santanu Nayak (Titilagarh), Ajaya Das (Kantabanjhi), Basant Panda (Nuapara), Hitesh Kumar Bagarti (Khariar), Dharama Gand (Umarkote), Sona Majhi (Jharigaon), Manjula Majhi (Nabrangpur), Mohan Majhi (Dabugaon), Himansu Meher (Junagarh), Janardan Panda (Dharamgarh), Pradeep Naik (Bhawanipatna), Bibhutibhusan Harichandan (Chilka), Surama Padhi (Ranpur), Jayanti Padhiary (Polasara), Surya Das (Aska), Kishore Chandra Surje Deo (Sanakhemundi), Bibhuti Jena (Gopalpur), Ram Chandra Panda (Berhampur), Kanhu Charan Pati (Chikiti), Gopinath Kartasiya (Laxmipur), Padmanav Majhi (Kotpad), Jayaram Garda (Koraput), Dhandapati Eding (Pottangi) and Aditya Madhi from Malkanagiri.