For the upcoming elections, BJD leader and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday announced candidates for 18 assembly seats.
List of BJD candidates for 18 assembly constituencies are as follows:
| Sl.No | Constituency | Candidates |
| 1 | Puri | Shri Maheshwar Mohanty |
| 2 | Jatani | Shri Bibhuti Balbantray |
| 3 | Barabati-Cuttack | Shri Debashis Samantray |
| 4 | Cuttack Sadar | Chandrasarathy Behera |
| 5 | Paradip | Sambit Routray |
| 6 | Tirtol | Bishnu Das |
| 7 | Rajnagar | Dhruba Charan Sahoo |
| 8 | Barachana | Amar Satpathy |
| 9 | Soro | Parsuram Dhada |
| 10 | Bhadrak | Sanjeev Mallick |
| 11 | Badasahi | Brundaban Das |
| 12 | Jaleswar | Aswini Patra |
| 13 | Balasore | Jiban Pradeep Dash |
| 14 | Udala | Srinath Soren |
| 15 | Saraskana | Amar Singh Tudu |
| 16 | Bangriposi | Sudam Marandi |
| 17 | Jasipur | Golekh Bihari Nayak |
| 18 | Rengali | Reena Tanty |