The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released second and third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
The party has fielded its national spokesperson Sambit Patra from Puri Lok Sabha constituency putting an end to the speculation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would contest from the pilgrim town.
Odisha BJP president Basant Kumar Panda has been declared party’s candidate for Kalahandi, Suresh Pujari for Bargarh, Nitesh Ganga Deb for Sambalpur and Jayaram Pangi for Koraput parliamentary constituency.
2nd list released by BJP
| 1 | Daman and Diu | 1 | Daman and Diu | Shri Lalubhai Patel | 3 |
3rd list released by BJP
| Sl. | States | PC No. | Name of PC | Name of Candidate | Phase |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1 | Aruku (ST) | K V VSatyanarayan Reddy | 1 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 2 | Srikakulam | Perla Sambamurti | 1 |
| 3 | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | Vizianagaram | P Sanyasi Raju | 1 |
| 4 | Andhra Pradesh | 5 | Anakapalli | Dr. Gandi Venkata Satyanarayana | 1 |
| 5 | Andhra Pradesh | 6 | Kakinada | YallaVenkata Ramamohana Rao (Dorababu) | 1 |
| 6 | Andhra Pradesh | 7 | Amalapuram (SC) | AyyajiVema Manepalli | 1 |
| 7 | Andhra Pradesh | 8 | Rajahmundry | Satya Gopinath dasparavasthu | 1 |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | 9 | Narsapuram | Paidikonda Manikyalarao | 1 |
| 9 | Andhra Pradesh | 10 | Eluru | Chinnam Ramkotaya | 1 |
| 10 | Andhra Pradesh | 11 | Machilipatnam | Gudivaka Ramanjaneyulu | 1 |
| 11 | Andhra Pradesh | 12 | Vijayawada | Dilip Kumar Kilaru | 1 |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 13 | Guntur | ValluruJayaprakash Narayana | 1 |
| 13 | Andhra Pradesh | 15 | Bapatla (SC) | Dr. Challagali Kishore Kumar | 1 |
| 14 | Andhra Pradesh | 16 | Ongole | Thogunta Srinivas | 1 |
| 15 | Andhra Pradesh | 17 | Nandyal | Dr. AdinarayanaInti | 1 |
| 16 | Andhra Pradesh | 18 | Kurnool | Dr. P V Parthasarthi | 1 |
| 17 | Andhra Pradesh | 19 | Anantapur | HamsaDevineni | 1 |
| 18 | Andhra Pradesh | 20 | Hindupur | Pogala Venkata Parthasarthi | 1 |
| 19 | Andhra Pradesh | 21 | Kadapa | Singa Reddy Ramchandra Reddy | 1 |
| 20 | Andhra Pradesh | 22 | Nellore | Suresh Reddy Sannapareddy | 1 |
| 21 | Andhra Pradesh | 23 | Tirupati (SC) | Bommi Sri Hari Rao | 1 |
| 22 | Andhra Pradesh | 24 | Rajampet | Pappireddi Maheswara Reddy | 1 |
| 23 | Andhra Pradesh | 25 | Chittoor (SC) | Jayaram Duggani | 1 |
| 24 | Assam | 9 | Tezpur | Sjt. Pallab Lochan Das | 1 |
| 25 | Maharashtra | 3 | Jalgaon | Mrs. Smita Uday Wagh | 3 |
| 26 | Maharashtra | 16 | Nanded | Shri Pratap Patil Chikkalikar | 2 |
| 27 | Maharashtra | 20 | Dindori (ST) | Dr. Bharati Pawar | 4 |
| 28 | Maharashtra | 34 | Pune | Shri Girish Bapat | 3 |
| 29 | Maharashtra | 35 | Baramati | Mrs. Kanchan Rahul Kul | 3 |
| 30 | Maharashtra | 42 | Solapur (SC) | Dr. Jaysidhesvar Swami | 2 |
| 31 | Meghalaya | 1 | Shillong (ST) | Shri Sanbor Shullai, MLA | 1 |
| 32 | Odisha | 1 | Bargarh | Shri Suresh Pujari | 2 |
| 33 | Odisha | 3 | Sambalpur | Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb | 3 |
| 34 | Odisha | 11 | Kalahandi | Shri Basanta Kumar Panda | 1 |
| 35 | Odisha | 17 | Puri | Dr. Sambit Patra | 3 |
| 36 | Odisha | 21 | Koraput (ST) | Shri Jayaram Pangi | 1 |
Among the 22 assembly seats declared by the party for the Odisha Assembly Elections, Shisir Gamang, son of former Chief Minister Giridhar Gamang, has been fielded from Gunpur assembly constituency.
After the BJP released the 1st list of candidates for the Sikkim Legislative Assembly elections and the 2nd list for Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the ruling party had announced the name of its candidates for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections at 7:30 pm on Thursday, 21 March.
The state of Odisha will face general and assembly elections simultaneously in four phases beginning from April 11.
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: BJP releases first list of candidates; Check full list here
