<p>All 13 candidates filed their nomination for the December 5 Padampur by-election in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha's </a>Bargarh district on the last day on Thursday, officials said.</p>.<p>The delay was caused due to an ongoing sit-in demonstration in front of the office of the sub-collector, who is the returning officer, by agitating farmers demanding crop insurance claims. The agitators had urged the nominees not to file their documents in support of their stir.</p>.<p>Bargarh district Collector Manisha Chatterjee said that all the 13 candidates in the fray filed their nominations on the last day.</p>.<p>The contest is likely to be triangular between the BJP, BJD and Congress, with the three parties nominating candidates from three different generations.</p>.<p>The BJD has nominated Barsharani Singh Bariha, the daughter of former MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, whose death on October 3 necessitated the by-election. She is 29 years old and a law graduate.</p>.<p>The BJP has nominated former legislator Pradip Purohit, who is 57 years old and class 10 pass. He represented the constituency from 2014-19.</p>.<p>He had on November 14 attempted to file his nomination but had to return from the sub-collector's office due to the farmers' stir. The agitators urged him and other nominees not to file their nominations.</p>.<p>Seventy-year-old Satya Bhusan Sahu, a three-time former MLA of Padampur and a farmer by profession, filed his nomination as a Congress candidate.</p>.<p>The documents will be scrutinised on Friday and the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is November 21.</p>.<p>The bypoll is considered politically significant as it is the last major electoral battle in the state before the 2024 general elections.</p>.<p>The BJD will try to bag the seat and seek revenge from the BJP for its loss of Dhamnagar in the recent by-election, while the Congress will also try to regain its former "fort".</p>
<p>All 13 candidates filed their nomination for the December 5 Padampur by-election in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/odisha" target="_blank">Odisha's </a>Bargarh district on the last day on Thursday, officials said.</p>.<p>The delay was caused due to an ongoing sit-in demonstration in front of the office of the sub-collector, who is the returning officer, by agitating farmers demanding crop insurance claims. The agitators had urged the nominees not to file their documents in support of their stir.</p>.<p>Bargarh district Collector Manisha Chatterjee said that all the 13 candidates in the fray filed their nominations on the last day.</p>.<p>The contest is likely to be triangular between the BJP, BJD and Congress, with the three parties nominating candidates from three different generations.</p>.<p>The BJD has nominated Barsharani Singh Bariha, the daughter of former MLA Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha, whose death on October 3 necessitated the by-election. She is 29 years old and a law graduate.</p>.<p>The BJP has nominated former legislator Pradip Purohit, who is 57 years old and class 10 pass. He represented the constituency from 2014-19.</p>.<p>He had on November 14 attempted to file his nomination but had to return from the sub-collector's office due to the farmers' stir. The agitators urged him and other nominees not to file their nominations.</p>.<p>Seventy-year-old Satya Bhusan Sahu, a three-time former MLA of Padampur and a farmer by profession, filed his nomination as a Congress candidate.</p>.<p>The documents will be scrutinised on Friday and the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is November 21.</p>.<p>The bypoll is considered politically significant as it is the last major electoral battle in the state before the 2024 general elections.</p>.<p>The BJD will try to bag the seat and seek revenge from the BJP for its loss of Dhamnagar in the recent by-election, while the Congress will also try to regain its former "fort".</p>