The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the list of four candidates contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Odisha.
“The party's Central Election Committee has selected the following members as Congress candidates for the subsequent Odisha Legislative Assembly elections.” Of the 21 constituencies in Odisha, eight are reserved seats. In 2019, the ruling BJD won 12 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP won eight and the Congress one.
Here's the list:
- Debendra Kumar Sahoo hails from Mahanga constituency.
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- Satyabadi Manoj Rath hails from Satyabadi constituency.
- Prakash Chandra Jena hails from the central constituency of Bhubaneswar.
- Ashok Kumar Das hails from Bhubaneswar North constituency.
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Phase 4 of the general elections will cover 96 Lok Sabha seats in 10 states, including Odisha, on May 13 from 7 am to 6 pm, the ECI notification said.
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The states where polling will be held in the fourth phase include Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. Odisha will have three more phases of voting on May 20, May 25 and June 1.
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States where elections will take place tomorrow, April 19, include Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Assam and Bihar.
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- Phase 1 voting is scheduled for April 19
- Phase 2 voting is scheduled for April 26
- Phase 3 voting is scheduled for May 7
- Phase 4 voting is scheduled for May 13
- Phase 5 voting is scheduled for May 20
- Phase 6 voting is scheduled for May 25
- Phase 7 voting is scheduled for June 1.
The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
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Published: Apr 18, 2024 3:27 PM IST