Bhubaneswar: As much as 46.96 percent voters have cast their votes till 1 PM for the Padampur By-elections today. Polling is going on smoothly and no untoward incident has been reported from anywhere. Chief Electoral Officer Sushil Lohani said, “So far there is no information about any untoward situation happening anywhere.” Voting is going on in 319 booths from 7 am. For this, security has been tightened in the polling booths. All arrangements have been made to safely shift the EVMs to after the polling. Counting to be held on the 8th of this month.