Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Lok Sabha, Assembly poll in Odisha tomorrow

The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held on April 10, 2014. 
The first of the two-phase simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly election in Odisha will be held tomorrow to elect representatives from 10 Parliamentary and 70 Assembly constituencies.

The constituencies are spread over in the western and southern areas of Odisha.

There are 98 candidates, including former Congress chief ministers Giridhar Gamang and Hemanand Biswal, former Union ministers Jual Oram ( BJP) and Bhakta Charan Das (Congress) in the fray from Bargarh, Sundargarh, Sambalpur, Balangir, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Aska, Berhampur and Kalahandi parliamentary constituencies.

Hockey star and former Indian team captain Dilip Tirkey is contesting the election as a BJD candidate from Sundergarh Lok Sabha seat, pitted against Hemanand Biswal of Congress and BJP's Jual Oram.

Prominent Odia cinestar Siddhant Mohapatra is a BJD candidate from Berhampur Lok Sabha seat.

There are 673 RPT 673 aspirants for the 70 Assembly seats. Prominent among them is Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik who is seeking re-election from Hinjili constituency in Ganjam district...


From ET News

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