Full list of candidates going to polls in Odisha in second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

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A total of five Lok Sabha seats of Odisha will be going to polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha election on April 18 besides polling will also be held for 35 assembly constituencies. 

Polling will be held in Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska Lok Sabha seats and Assembly constituencies of Odisha on Thursday. Over 76.93 lakh voters will on Thursday decide the fate of 279 candidates. Prominent among the contestants in the second phase is chief minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik, contesting from his home turf Hinjili in Ganjam district and Bijepur in Bargarh.

Among others, Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram of the BJP, BJD's Rajya Sabha MPs Prasanna Acharya and Achyut Samant, BJP nominee and three-time MP Kharabela Swain are in the fray in the Lok Sabha polls.

Full list of candidates going to polls in Odisha in the second phase of Lok Sabha election 2019:

ASKA

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Anita Subhadarshini	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Purna Chandra Nayak	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Pramila Bisoyi	Biju Janata Dal
4	Rama Krushna Panda	Communist Party of India
5	Rajeeb Chandra Khadanga	All India Forward Bloc
6	Sankar Sahu	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
7	Chakradhar Sahu	Independent
8	K. Shyambabu Subudhi	Independent

BARGARH

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Kousika Suna	Bahujan Samaj Party
2	Pradeep Kumar Debta	Indian National Congress
3	Prasanna Acharya	Biju Janata Dal
4	Suresh Pujari	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Kulamani Urma	Independent
6	M D Nizamuddin	Independent

BOLANGIR

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo	Biju Janata Dal
2	Rana Nag	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Samarendra Mishra	Indian National Congress
4	Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	DINESH NAG	Ambedkarite Party of India
6	Suresh Kumar Putel	Bahujan Mukti Party
7	Hrudananda Karuan	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
8	Dr. Bipin Kusulia	Independent

KANDHAMAL

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA	Biju Janata Dal
2	Amir Nayak	Bahujan Samaj Party
3	Manoj Kumar Acharya	Indian National Congress
4	Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	TUNA MALLICK	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star

SUNDARGARH

SL. NO.	Candidate Name	Party Name
1	George Tirkey	Indian National Congress
2	Jual Oram	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Sunita Biswal	Biju Janata Dal
4	Justin Lugun	SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST)
5	Dayananda Bhitria	Hindusthan Nirman Dal
6	Basil Ekka	Aam Aadmi Party
7	Udit Chandra Amat	Independent
8	Miss Juspin Lakra	Independent

Out of the total electorate of 76,93,123, there are 37,47,493 women voters. At least 605 electors belong to the third gender. The EC has set 9,117 booths for Thursday's voting. Out of the total number of 9,117 booths, 3,701 have been identified as critical, and arrangements have been made for deployment of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) in 739 booths

Meanwhile, repolling will also be held on Thursday in two polling stations located in Malkangiri (ST) and Berhampur Assembly constituencies, following reports of glitches in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the first phase of polling.