Bhubaneswar: The fate of as many as 460 candidates will be sealed in the last phase of Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Odisha on June 1 (tomorrow).

Six Lok Sabha constituencies—Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur—and 42 Assembly segments under them are scheduled to go for voting in the last phase of polls in the state.

As many as 460 candidates, including 66 for six Lok Sabha seats and 394 for 42 Assembly seats, are in the fray for the final phase polling in Odisha.

Two former Union Ministers—Srikanta Jena and Pratap Sarangi—are in the fray from Balasore Lok Sabha Constituency. Sarangi, the sitting MP, is seeking re-election on a BJP ticket while Jena has been fielded by the Congress party.

The BJD has given ticket to Lekhasri Samantasinghar, who joined the ruling party in Odisha after quitting the BJP ahead of the polls, to take on the two former Union Ministers from Balasore.

BJP national vice-president Baijayant Panda is trying his luck from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat. Panda has been pitted against former MLA and BJD nominee Ansuman Mohanty and Congress candidate Sidharth Swarup Das.

In Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat, sitting MP Manjulata Mandal is seeking re-election on a BJD ticket. Mandal has been pitted against BJP’s Abhimanyu Sethi and Congress candidate Ananta Prasad Sethi.

Similarly, sitting Jagatsinghpur MP Rajashree Mallick is once again trying her luck from the same seat on a BJD ticket. The BJP has fielded former MP Bibhu Prasad Tarai while the Congress party has picked former minister Rabindra Kumar Sethy to take on Mallick.

The BJD has picked sitting MP Sarmistha Sethi as its candidate for Jajpur Lok Sabha seat. Sethi has been pitted against BJP’s Rabindra Narayan Behera and Congress candidate Anchal Das.

BJP Odisha unit president Manmohan Samal, senior Congress leader and former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Niranjan Patnaik and prominent BJD leaders including Pramila Mallik, Pratap Deb, Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Pranab Balabantaray, Preetiranjan Gharai and Tusharkanti Behera are in the fray for the last phase Assembly polls in the state.

Actors Varsha Priyadarshini (BJD) and Akash Dasnayak (BJP), Sandhyarani Das (BJD), Ganeswar Behera (BJD), Ankit Pratap Jena (BJD), Prasant Muduli (BJD) and Pravati Parida (BJP) are some of the prominent candidates trying their luck in the last phase Assembly polls in Odisha.