As many as 1,572 booths out of total 3,698 have been identified as sensitive in Kendrapada district.
Sensitive booths account for 43% of total booths, informed, Kendrapada SP Madkar Sandeep Sampat.
Rajkanika block has the maximum number of booths (484 ) and out of which 96 booths are sensitive.
According to Sub Collector –cum-Election Officer Niranjan Behera the highest number of sensitive booths has been identified in Mahakalapada block whereas the lowest number is in Kendrapada block.
According to Behera, while 258 booths out of 474 under Mahakalapada are identified as sensitive booths, it is followed by 236 sensitive booths out of 280 in Garadapur. Similarly, Aul block has a total 490 booths and 193 have been identified as sensitive; Derabish block has 192 sensitive booths out of total 390 booths; Marshaghai block has 161 sensitive booths out of 366; Pattamundai block has 165 sensitive booths out of 422 and Rajnagar has 201 sensitive booths out of 363 booths .
In Kendrapada block , out of 429 booths, 71 are sensitive.
According to district Collector, Amrut Rituraj, the five phase poll will be conducted in nine blocks for 32 Zilla Parishad member posts, 249 Sarpanch and Member of Panchayat samiti(MPS) posts and 3,698 ward member posts.
As many as 11,47,981 voters are going to exercise their voting rights.