BJP Releases List of 21 Candidates, Dilip Ray To Fight From Rourkela – Check Full List

Odisha Meeting Election 2024: The BJP had on April 2 introduced the record of 112 candidates for Meeting elections in Odisha.

Odisha Meeting Election 2024: The BJP on Tuesday launched the second record of 21 candidates for the Odisha Meeting election 2024 and fielded Dilip Ray from Rourkela. With this, the Congress declared candidates on 133 of the 147 meeting seats within the state. The BJP had on April 2 introduced the record of 112 candidates for Meeting elections in Odisha.

Odisha Meeting Election: BJP Candidates Checklist So Far

Earlier the BJP had chosen 17 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha whereas saying the record of candidates for 112 of the 147 Meeting constituencies. Notably, the BJP dropped one legislator, Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, from Brahmagiri constituency in Puri district and fielded his niece Upasana from there.

The event comes after the Biju Janata Dal has fielded two octogenarian candidates for the state Meeting elections which shall be held concurrently with the Lok Sabha polls.

Within the run up for the meeting polls, the BJD has fielded over 80-year-old Ramesh Chandra Chyaupatnaik from the Berhampur meeting seat in Ganjam district, from the place he was elected 5 instances in a row until 2014.

Within the 229 meeting polls, he didn’t contest the election because the occasion denied ticket to him Chyaupatnaik is the oldest candidate of the BJD within the state up to now after the ruling occasion declared his candidature.

Until Now, the BJD has introduced candidates for 108 of the 147 meeting seats and 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies within the state.

Full Checklist of 21 BJP Candidates:

1. Rourkela: Dilip Ray
2. Patna (ST): Akhil Chandra Naik
3. Saraskana(ST): Bhadav Hansdah
4. Rairangpur (ST): Jolen Barda
5. Bangriposi (ST): Sanjali Murmu
6. Karanjia(ST): Padmacharan Haibru
7. Jharigram (ST): Narsingh Bhatra
8. Dabugam(ST): Somnath Pujari
9. Rajanagar: Lalit Behera
10. Balikuda-Ersama: Satya Sarathi Mohanty
11. Jagatsinghpur: Amarendra Sprint
12. Kakatpur(SC): Baidhar Mallick
13. Ranpur: Surama Padhi
14. Sanakhemundi: Uttam Kumar Panigrahi
15. Mohana(ST): Prasanta Mallik
16. Bissam cuttack(ST): Jagannath Nundruka
17. Rayagada(ST): Basanta Kumar Ullaka
18. Laxmipur(ST): Kailash Kulesika
19. Kotpad(ST): Rupu Bhatra
20. Pottangi(ST): Chaitanya Nandibali
21. Chitrakonda(ST): Dambaru Sisa

Odisha Meeting Election 2024: Full Schedule

As per the announcement from the EC, the voting for the 147-member Odisha meeting shall be held in 4 phases and the voters will forged their votes on 4 dates — Could 13, Could 20, Could 25, June 1. The counting of the votes will happen on June 4 and the outcomes shall be introduced on the identical day.

Ballot Occasion	Part
	I	II	III	IV
Notification Date	18 Apr	26 Apr	29 Apr	07 Could
Final Date for submitting nomination	25 Apr	03 Could	06 Could	14 Could
Scrutiny of nomination	26 Apr	04 Could	07 Could	15 Could
Final Date for Withdrawal of nomination	29 Apr	06 Could	09 Could	17 Could
Date of Ballot	13 Could 2024	20 Could 2024	25 Could 2024	01 June 2024
Date of Counting of Votes	4 June 2024