The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Monday announced a list of 10 candidates including one for the Lok Sabha poll and nine for the Assembly elections.

Bhartrihari Mahtab has been fielded from Cuttack for the ensuing General Elections, while Prashant Jagdev, Arabinda Dhalli, Rajendra Kumar Sahoo, Jyotindranath Mitra, Romancha Ranjan Biswal, Nityanada Sahoo, Basanti Marandi, Rajkishore Das, and Sunanda Das have been fielded from Chilika, Jaydev, Begunia, Khurda, Deogarh, Basta, Rairangpur, Morada and Bari Assembly constituencies, respectively.

On Sunday the party released a list of nine candidates for the Assembly elections. Odisha will vote in four phases on April 11, 18, 23 and 29.

The state will be voting simultaneously for 21 Lok Sabha and 147 Assembly seats. The counting of votes will take place on May 23.

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