After the break-up of its alliance with BJD in Orissa, BJP announced names of seven Lok Sabha candidates from the state.

In the state, the party will field M A Kharavel Swain (Balasore), Sangita Singhdeo (Bolangir), Anant Nayak (Keonjhar -ST), Jual Oram (Sundergarh-ST), Draupadi Murmu (Mayurbhanj- ST), Bikram Keshari Deo (Kalahandi) and Parshuram Majhi (Nabrangpur -ST).

The party also announced names of 24 candidates from West Bengal. They include sitting MP Tapan Sikdar (Dum Dum), Bidyut Kumar Haldar (Behrampur), Jayanta Mondal(Bishnupur-SC), Abhijit Das (Diamond Harbour) and Jyotsna Bannerjee (Kolkata-South) among others.

BJP is fielding Arjun Saha from Bolpur (SC), which was a Left strong-hold till now and was represented by outgoing Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee. The seat has been made reserved post the delimitation.

The saffron party also announced candidates for eight Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh. Among them are Dandaru Dattatraya (Secundrabad), D V Subbarao(Vishakapatnam), N Venkataswamy (Tirupati-SC). It also announced 43 names for the assembly election scheduled along with the Lok Sabha polls.

Five candidates from Kerala were also announced on Friday by the party.