Bhubaneswar, 1/4/21 As many as 15 candidates have filed nomination papers for the Pipili By-poll in Odisha.
The candidates w;ho have filed nominations for the by-poll are:
- Asrit Patnaik
- Sambit Patnaik
- Santosh Kumar Mohapatra
- Ashok Pradhan
- Santosh Kumar Das
- Rudra Pratap Maharathy
- Mohammad Imamuddin
- Jay Prakash Sethi
- Ajit Mangaraj
- Deepak Kumar Dash
- Nagendra Nath Mishra
- Swapneswar Nayak
- Sulochana Sahoo
- Priya Ranjan Mishra
- Pinkalin Mohanty
The scrutiny of the nomination papers will take place on Wednesday while April 3 is the last late for withdrawal of the nominations. Maximum numbers of nominations totalling to 12 were filed on the last date March 30 and three candidates had filed their nominations prior to the last date.
Meanwhile, all the necessary steps have been initiated for the voting that is going to be held on April 17 for the by-poll, informed the office of Chief Electoral officer.