Odisha Records 69.4% Voting in 2nd Phase Polling

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded around 69.34 per cent voting in the second phase of the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in the state on Monday.

In this phase, voting was held in five Lok Sabha constituencies of Sundargarh, Aska, Bolangir, Kandhamal and Bargarh as well as the 35 assembly seats under them.

Polling in the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency was the highest at 76.20% followed by Bolangir with 71. 46%.

The Parliamentary Constituency-wise approximate voter turnout was: Aska 60.78%, Bargarh 76.20%, Bolangir 71.46%, Kandhamal 70.37% and Sundargarh 67.74%.

Similarly, the approximate voter turnout in the 35 Assembly Constituencies was: Aska 58.99%, Attabira 74.00%, Baliguda 68.54%, Bargarh 74.20%, Bhanjanagar 66.12%, Bhatli 79.23%, Bijepur 77.20%, Biramitrapur 75.50%, Birmaharajpur 78.37%, Bolangir 65.85%, Bonai 73.25%, Boudh 75.12%, Brajarajnagar 75.02%, Daspalla 72.00%, G Udaygiri 67.02%, Hinjili 58.21%, Jharsuguda 78.50%, Kabisuryanagar 58.84%, Kantabanji 67.96%, Kantamal 75.30%, Khallikote 61.51%, Loisingha 72.10%, Padampur 75.12%, Patnagarh 68.24%, Phulbani 70.79%, Polasara 62.45%, Raghunathpalli 62.50%, Rajgangpur 66.05%, Rourkela 61.45%, Sanakhemundi 61.35%, Sonepur 81.23%, Sundargarh 63.00%, Surada 63.80%, Talsara 71%, and Titlagarh 68.25%.

A total of 40 candidates were contesting in the five Lok Sabha constituencies that voted on Monday, while 265 candidates were in fray in the 35 assembly constituencies.

Prominent leaders whose fate was decided in this phase of polling were the BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Bikram Keshari Arukha, Niranjan Pujari, Pradip Kumar Amat, Tukuni Sahu and Rita Sahu.