Odisha CEO urges high voter turnout for third phase of elections
Bhubaneswar, May 23: The Odisha Chief Electoral Officer has urged citizens to vote in large numbers during the third phase of elections on May 25. The campaign for this phase concludes today.
The third phase will see voting for six Lok Sabha seats and 42 Assembly seats. There are 64 candidates contesting for the Lok Sabha seats and 383 for the Assembly seats. Among the Lok Sabha candidates, 55 are men and nine are women. In the Assembly race, 339 candidates are men and 44 are women.
State Chief Electoral Officer Nikunj Bihari Dhal shared that a total of 94.48 lakh voters will determine the outcome of these elections, with 21 percent being youth voters. There are 48.30 lakh male voters and 46.18 lakh female voters.
On May 25, voting will take place in 10,551 polling centers under tight security.
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