Re-polling would be held in 22 polling stations spread over seven districts in western and southern districts in the State where the voting process was disrupted during the first phase of elections on Thursday despite a record 75 per cent turnout.
The polling was held in 10 lok Sabha constituencies and 70 Assembly seats in the first phase of the current simultaneous elections on Thursday. The lok Sabha seats include Brahmapur, Kandhamal, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Bolangir, Sundergarah, Aska and Kalahandi, while the 70 Assembly seats come under these lS constituencies.
State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mona Sharma on Friday said re-polling would be held at 15 booths in Maoist-infested Malkangiri district, two booths each in Koraput and Kandhamal and one each in Bargarh, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts due to EVM related problems.
As per the information, she said an estimated 75 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the elections with the Maoist-infested Nabrangpur district registering highest of 81.89 per cent, followed by 81 per cent in Boudh district and 80.02 per cent in Jharsuguda. The Maoist- hit Malkangiri district also witnessed heavy polling of 69 per cent.
She said that lowest polling of 64.50 per cent was reported from Ganjam, the home district of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The CEO informed that repolling would be held in Kumbhara (Polling station- 27) under Bijepur Assembly constituency,
Dipupada-1 (Polling station-50) under Jharsuguda Assembly constituency, Asrubahal (Polling station-87) under Athmallik Assembly constituency, Kumbharapada (Polling Station-248) under Bhanjanagar Assembly constituency, Khalmara (Polling Station- 148)under Daspalla Assembly constituency, Madakar (Polling station-83) under Pattangi Assembly constituency and Pujariput (Polling station-192) under Kotpada Assembly constituency due to EVM related problems. This apart, repolling would also be held in 15 booths in the Maoist affected Malkangiri district, Sharma said.
As per the information received so far, while Bargarh district recorded 72 per cent of polling, Jharsuguda recorded 80.02 per cent, Sundergarh 70.50 per cent, Sambalpur 74.06 per cent, Deograh 78.08 per cent, Angul 76.44 per cent, Subarnapur 78.65 per cent, Balangir 73 per cent, Nuapada 74.89 per cent, Kalahandi 74 per cent, Kanahdmal 73.15 per cent, Nayagarh 68.45 per cent , Ganjam 64.50 per cent, Gajapati 72 per cent, Rayagada 77.40 per cent, Koraput 76.20 per cent and Malkangiri 69 per cent.