BJP announces 112 candidates for Odisha Assembly elections, 21 sitting MLAs renominated

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday re-nominated 21 of its 22 sitting MLAs in Odisha while announcing the list of candidates for 112 of the 147 Assembly constituencies in the state.

The lone legislator who has been denied the BJP ticket was Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra from Brahmagiri in Puri district. Mohapatra’s niece Upasana Mohapatra has got the ticket from the Brahmagiri Assembly seat.

There are eight women candidates.