Bhubaneswar, April 20 -- BJD's Puri Lok Sabha candidate and scion of one of India's most illustrious judicial families in the country, Pinaki Mishra is the richest among the 415 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Odisha, in the third phase, scheduled on April 23, said a report released today.

According to the Odisha Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report, as many as 119 candidates contesting contesting the polls are crorepatis.

With assets worth over Rs 117 crore, Supreme Court lawyer and three-time Parliamentarian Mishra topped the list.

BJP's Sambalpur Lok Sabha nominee Nitesh Ganga Deb's has assets worth over Rs 26 crore, the report said.

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