Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Phase 3 Today: Full Schedule, Key Constituencies, Top Candidates – All You Need to Know

Odisha Assembly Election 2024: Polling started at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM. However, in some remote and critical booths voting will conclude ahead of 6PM.

May 25, 2024 - 11:30

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Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Phase 3 Today: Full Schedule, Key Constituencies, Top Candidates – All You Need to Know

Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Phase 3: Amid tight security, polling started on Saturday for six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly seats in Odisha. While polling started in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri Lok Sabha seats, the voting also began for 42 assembly segments that comprise these Lok Sabha constituencies.

Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Phase 3: Date and Time

Polling started at 7 AM and will continue till 6 PM. However, in some remote and critical booths voting will conclude ahead of 6PM.

This time, a total of 447 candidates, including 64 are for the Lok Sabha seats and 383 for the assembly constituencies, are in the fray. The EC said more than 94.48 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in 10,581 booths in the third round of simultaneous elections in the state.

Odisha Assembly Election 2024 Phase 3: Security Arrangement

Police said over 35,000 security personnel including 121 companies of central armed police force (CAPF) and 106 platoons of Odisha armed police and 19,865 civil police personnel have been deployed in the state. Odisha DGP Arun Sarangi stated that at least 20 per cent of the total booths have been identified as sensitive or critical booths and one to half of section CAPF will be there in all sensitive booths. Besides, 763 mobile parties, 331 flying squad teams and 343 static surveillance teams have also been deployed.