A total of 1.20 lakh Government staffs have been engaged for smooth conduct of second phase poll to be conducted on April 17 in 11 lok Sabha and 77 Assembly seats in the State.
A total of 1.53 crore people, are set to cast their votes through 49 thousand EVMs in the second phase. The voters comprise 81,05,282 males and 72,35,650 females and 528 other class voters. These voters will decide the fate of 747 candidates in Assembly and 98 candidates in lok Sabha seats in 18,673 booths. A total of 40,747 control units will be placed in these booths, said Election Commission sources.
Of 98 lS candidates, 11 are women and of 747 Assembly candidates, 62 are women.The largest numbers of 12 candidates are contesting for the Dhenkanal lS seat. The lS candidates include 11 each belonging to the BJD, Congress and BJP, 14 Independent and 51 candidates belonging to other political parties.
In the Assembly segment, the BJD, Congress and the BJP have fielded candidates in all the seats going to poll in the second phase. Other candidates include BSP (54) CPI and CPIM (22), 168 Independents and 272 belonging to other parties.The polling is scheduled to be conducted fro 7 am to 6 pm, sources said.
A total of 33 General Observes and 22 Expenditure Observers, five Public Awareness Observers have been appointed.