Odisha 2nd Phase Elections: 265 Candidates In Fray For 35 Assembly Seats, 40 For 5 LS Seats

Bhubaneswar: The 2nd phase voting for the General and Assembly elections in Odisha will be held on the 20th May 2024. Voting will be held for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha on MOnday. In total 40 candidates are in fray for the five Lok Sabha seats and 265 candidates are in the fray for the 35 Assembly seats in the state.

Giving details of the election preparedness in Odisha, Chief Electoral Officer Nikunja Bihari Dhal has said that voting will take place in Bargarh, Sundargarh, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Aska Parliamentary constituencies. He said that adequate arrangements have been made keeping in view the heat wave condition in the state.

The voting will begin at 7 am in 9162 polling booths spread across the constituencies. Out of these, 20 percent booths have been identified as sensitive or critical. While in 933 polling booths, the voting will be held till 5 PM, in 1789 booths the polling will be held upto 4PM. In all other booths, the voting will end at 6 PM.

He also informed that 1041 polling booths will be managed solely by women officials. The number of total electors for the 2nd phase elections is 79,69,887 and out of which 2.67 percent voters are first time voters. The percent of young voters stands at 21. 31 percent. He also informed that, 102 companies of CAPF will be deployed for free and fair elections in the state in the 2nd phase voting.