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The party has re-nominated senior lawyer Dharanidhar Nayak for Kendrapada Lok Sabha seat despite his defeat in 2014. Bhubaneswar: The Congress has fielded Navajyoti Patnaik, son of party’s state president Niranjan Patnaik, from Balasore Lok Sabha seat. The party has struck a seat-sharing agreement with CPI, CPM and JMM in a few Lok Sabha and assembly seats. The Congress has so far announced candidates for 111 of 147 assembly constituencies and 15 of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha. In 2014, Congress fielded only eight women MLA candidates and two women Lok Sabha candidates.Tickets for Niranjan’s son and Ananta Sethi’s daughter have reaffirmed the fact that the Congresss promotes family politics in Odisha..