Election 2019: Biju Janata Dal Candidate List for Odisha

BJD is fielding Chandrani Murmu as its woman candidate for the Keonjhar Lok Sabha constituency. She becomes the seventh woman nominated by the party in Odisha to contest in the upcoming polls for the parliament. Chandrani (26) is a mechanical engineer. Granddaughter of Harihar Soren, former Keonjhar MP, Chandrani is contesting in the place of sitting MP Sakuntala Laguri. As per the party sources, she is the youngest among the Lok Sabha nominees fielded by the party for the 2019 polls. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the party has promised to reserve 33% Lok Sabha seats for women candidates and they are giving their best to fulfill it.

Odisha
Constituency	Polling Date	BJD Candidate Names
Kalahandi	Apr-11	Pushpendra Singh Deo
Nabarangpur	Apr-11	Mesh Majhi
Berhampur	Apr-11	Chandrasekhar Sahu
Koraput	Apr-11	Kaushalya Hikaka
Bargarh	Apr-18	Prasanna Acharya
Sundargarh	Apr-18	Sunita Biswal
Bolangir	Apr-18	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo
Kandhamal	Apr-18	Dr. Achyuta Samanta
Aska	Apr-18	Pramila Bisoyi
Sambalpur	Apr-23	Nalin Pradhan
Keonjhar	Apr-23	Chandrani Murmu
Dhenkanal	Apr-23	Mahesh Sahoo
Cuttack	Apr-23	Bhartruhari Mahtab
Puri	Apr-23	Pinaki Mishra
Bhubaneswar	Apr-23	Arup Mohan Patnaik
Mayurbhanj	Apr-29	Debashish Marandi
Balasore	Apr-29	Rabindra Kumar Jena
Bhadrak	Apr-29	Manjulala Mandal
Jajpur	Apr-29	Sarmishta Sethi
Kendrapara	Apr-29	Anubhav Mohanty
Jagatsinghpur	Apr-29	Rajashree Mallick