New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, Mar 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced the names of 18 candidates for Odisha for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP has fielded Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan from the Sambalpur constituency.

BJP announces names of 18 Lok Sabha candidates in #Odisha

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The list of candidates announced by the BJP for the 18 Lok Sabha seats in the state is as follows:

Bargarh - Pradeep Purohit
Sundargarh- Jual Oram
Sambalpur - Dharmendra Pradhan
Keonjhar - Anant Nayak
Mayurbhanj - Naba Charan Majhi
Balasore - Pratap Sarangi
Bhadrak - Avimanyu Sethi
Dhenkanal - Rudra Narayan Pani
Bolangir - Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Kalahandi - Malvika Keshari Deo
Nabarangpur - Balabhadra Majhi
Kendrapara - Baijayant Panda
Jagatsinghpur - Bibhu Prasad Tarai
Puri - Sambit Patra
Bhubaneswar - Aparajita Sarangi
Aska - Anita Subhadarshini
Berhampur - Pradeep Panigrahy
Koraput - Kaliram Majhi

There are 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha.

Odisha will vote in the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls, which are being held simultaneously, in four phases. The polling will be held on May 13, 20, 25 and June 1.

The votes will be counted with the rest of the country on June 4.

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