New Delhi, March 25: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released a list of candidates for two parliamentary constituencies and nine assembly constituencies in Odisha. According to a tweet by ANI, Kharbela Swain who joined BJP on Monday will contest the elections from parliamentary constituency of Kandhamal. Meanwhile, Former Odisha DGP & DG CRPF Prakash Mishra, who joined the BJP on Sunday will contest from parliamentary constituency of Cuttack in Odisha. Odisha Assembly Elections 2019: Naveen Patnaik Announces BJD List of Candidates From 9 Constituencies.

The BJP has fielded many new entrants who joined the party after resigning either from the ruling BJD headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik or the Congress. On Thursday, the BJP had announced names of its candidates for 99 of the 147 Assembly seats in Odisha. The state is slated to go for simultaneous polls along with Lok Sabha in four phases beginning from April 11. Earlier, the party had announced names of its candidates for Odisha's 10 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats. Odisha Lok Sabha, Assembly Elections 2019: BJD Announces First List of Candidates; Naveen Patnaik to Contest From Hinjili & Bijepur Assembly Seats.

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According to reports, the main BJD leaders who recently joined the party and given ticket are Damodar Rout (Balikuda-Ersama) and Kusum Tete (Sundergarh). Meanwhile, Congress MLA from Salipur Prakash Behera, who too joined the BJP recently, has been named as the party's candidate from his own constituency.

Odisha will go to polls in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29. The state will be voting simultaneously for parliamentary and assembly constituencies.  There are 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats in Odisha. In the 2014 Assembly elections, BJP had won 10 out of 147 seats in Odisha.

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