Odisha Records 75.68% Voter Turnout In First Phase Polls On May 13

Among the assembly segments, Nabarangpur registered the highest polling percentage at 85.61, followed by Dabugaon 85.20 per cent, 💝Jharigaon 84.22 per cent, and Umerkote 83.05 per cent.

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Updated on: 15 May 2024 1:28 pm

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Lok Sabha ౠ𝄹and Assembly elections are being held simultaneously in Odisha Photo: PTI/File

Lok Sabha and Assembly elect🍌ions are being held simultaneously in Odisha Photo: PTI/File

Odisha's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) N B Dhal on Wednesday said the voter turnout in the 🍷first🙈 phase of polling in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 assembly segments in the state on May 13 was 75.68 per cent.

The CEO said𓂃 the voter turnout may further increase after receipt of postal votes🅠.

He said the highest voter turnout of 82.16 per cent was recorded in Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency.

The C💫EO said Nabarangpur was followed by Kalahandi (77.90 pc), Koraput (77,53 PC) and Berhampur (65.41 pc).

Lok Sab🥃ha and Assembly elections are being held simulta💙neously in Odisha.

Meanwhile, a report said the tribal tribal-dominated Nabarangpur district with four assembly segments under the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat said the district recorded 🥃an impressive voter turnout of over 84.57 per cent, surpassing its previous record of approximately 80 per cent set in 2019.

District Election Officer-cum-Collector (Nabarangpur) Kamal Lochan Mishra attri🍨buted this high voter turnout to extensive voter awareness campaigns conducted under the Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Partic📖ipation (SVEEP) initiative.

"S💯everal voter awareness programmes were undertaken to enhance the voting percentage in the district and it's good to notice that the district r🐷ecorded nearly 85 per cent of polling," said Mishra.

Among the assembly segments, Nabarangpur registered the highest polling perc🅷entage at 85.61, followed by Dabugaon 85.20 per cent, Jharigaon 84.22 per cent, and Umerkote 83.05 per cent.

The Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency also witnessed a notable rise in voter participation, with 82.16 per cent turn✃out compared to 79.52 per cent in 2019, making it the highest among the four Lok Sabha seats that went to poll on May 13.

Candi✅dates from various political parties expressed optimism regarding the impact of the high voter t🥂urnout on their campaigns.

"The high turnout of voters speaks volumes of people's anger towards the BJD in the state and BJP in the Centre. I am confident that the people have voted for Congress," said Bhujabal Majhi of Congress for Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat.

Pradeep Majhi BJD candidate for the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat attributed the high voter turnout to the regional party's effective gover𒐪nance under the Nabarangpur Parliamentary segment.