Bhubaneswar, May 25: Two individuals, including a polling agent, reportedly succumbed to heatstroke during Phase III of the Odisha elections on Saturday.

According to reports, Kumudini Dalei, a 60-year-old voter from Patharapunji village in Nayagarh district's Bhapur block, and Sukadev Patnaik, a polling agent from Bahalunda village under the Hindol assembly constituency, both fell victim to heat exhaustion at their respective polling booths.

Dalei collapsed while standing in a queue to cast her vote. Despite efforts by fellow voters to revive her by sprinkling water on her face, she remained unresponsive and was transported to Khandapada Hospital, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

In a separate incident, polling agent Sukadev Patnaik began to feel unwell and collapsed around 9:30 am at booth number 136 in Bahalunda village. He was immediately taken to Hindol Hospital, but doctors there also pronounced him dead.

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