Odisha will go to polls in four phases from April 11 to April 29 with a total of 31,800,787 voters exercising their franchise.
First-time voters from the State in the age group of 18-19 are 5,45,401.
The citizens must carry their voter ID cards, voter slips or other ID proofs to the polling booths in order to cast their votes.
Electors who do not have voter cards but are enrolled as voters can use any one of the below mentioned documents as identity proof to case vote like passport, driving
licence, service identity cards with photograph issued to employees by Central/State Government,
IPSUs/Public Limited companies, passbooks with photograph issued by bank/post office, PAN card, Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR, MNREGA job card, Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour, pension document with photograph, official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs, and Aadhaar card.
If it is not possible to establish the identity of the elector on account of mismatch of photograph, etc. the elector shall have to produce one of the alternative photo documents. In case your name is missing on the list, you are not entitled to vote.
In order to search one’s name in the electoral roll,
one can visit http://ceoorissa.nic.in/FindYourName.html.