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He has tremendous influence among tribalsChandra Sekhar Sahu (Berhampur): The former Union minister was elected to the Lok Sabha from Berhampur in 2004. Sunita, who recently joined BJD, will fight from the Sundargarh Lok Sabha seat. Bhubaneswar: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal ( BJD ) retained only one of its eight sitting MPs in its first list of nine candidates for Lok Sabha seats voting in the first two phases on April 11 and April 18. Kausalya’s choice for the Koraput seat, reserved for tribal candidates, is seen as Naveen’s attempt to elect 33 per cent women to Parliament The list was released on Monday.The BJD had won eight of these nine parliamentary seats in 2014..