A total of 77 nomination papers have been rejected in 70 Assembly seats going to polls on April 10 in the State during the process of scrutiny.While 793 nomination papers were filed for all the Assembly constituencies, 716 nominations were found to be valid, said an official in the Chief Electoral Office (CEO) here on Tuesday.
While no nomination was rejected in 26 Assembly constituencies, Patnagarh witnessed the highest number of rejections. Similarly, two nominations filed for the Brahmapur lok Sabha seat were rejected, official sources said.