The BJP on Sunday announced the names of its candidates for 18 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, while dropping four sitting MPs from the list.
The nominees for Cuttack, Jajpur and Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituencies are yet to be named by the party.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will be contesting from the Sambalpur seat.
The party has fielded four women - Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar), Sangeeta Kumari Deo (Bolangir), Malvika Keshari Deo (Kalahandi) and Anita Subhadarshini (Aska).
The sitting MPs who were denied BJP tickets this time are Suresh Pujari (Bargarh), Union Minister Bisheswar Tudu (Mayrbhanj), Nitish Gang Deb (Sambalpur) and Basant Panda (Kalahandi).
The party has nominated Pradeep Purohit in place of Pujari while Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan replaced Nitish Gang Deb in Sambalpur.
Rairangpur MLA Naba Charan Majhi has replaced Bisheswar Tudu in Mayurbhaj seat. Malvika Keshari Deo is made the new candidate in place of Basant Kumar Panda in Kalahandi LS seat.
The sitting MPs who have been retained are Jual Oram (Sundergarh), Pratap Chandra Sarangi (Balasore), Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo (Bolangir) and Aparajita Sarangi (Bhubaneswar).
The other BJP candidates are Ananta Nayak (Keonjhar), Abhimanyu Sethi (Bhadrak), Rudra Pany (Dhenkanal), Baijayant Panda (Kendrapara), Balabhadra Majhi (Nabarangpur), Bibhu Tarai (Jagatsinghpur ), Sambit Patra (Puri), Pradeep Panigrahy (Berhampur) and Kaliram Majhi (Koraput).
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Featured Video Of The Day
India And China Made 'Some Progress' In Disengagement, Says EAM S Jaishankar
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Meets Australian Counterpart To Strengthen Educational Ties Dharmendra Pradhan Meets Singapore PM, Discusses Cooperation In School Education And Research Dharmendra Pradhan Meets Singapore PM To Strengthen Educational Ties Video: Man Sits On Firecracker In Bet For New Vehicle. Explosion Kills Him Video: Air Force's MiG-29 Stalls In Flat Spin Seconds Before It Crashed "Cowardly Attempts To Intimidate Diplomats": PM's 1st Comments On Canada Row Army "Successfully" Completes Patrolling To Key Point In Ladakh's Depsang Kamala Harris' Ancestral Village In India Prays For Her Election Win After Karnataka, Telangana Gets Ready For Caste Census Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.