Bhubaneswar: Voting began today for the fourth and final phase of the simultaneous elections in Odisha.
Six Parliamentary constituencies — Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur — and 42 Assembly constituencies under these segments are going to polls in this phase of elections in the State.
The polling began at 7 am at the 10,882 polling stations. The voting will be held till 6 pm.
As many as 99,61,057 voters including 50.88 lakh men, 48.72 lakh women will exercise their franchise in the final phase of polling.
As many as 460 candidates, including 66 for the Parliamentary elections and 394 for the Assembly, are in the fray for the final phase of polling.
Over 72,000 polling personnel have been deployed for the smooth conduct of polling in the final phase.
Over 36,000 police personnel, 126 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF), 86 platoons of Special Armed Police force of Odisha Police and 843 mobile parties have been deployed to ensure a smooth and peaceful voting.