Puri district, which has six Assembly seats of Puri, Satyabadi, Pipili, Brahmagiri, Nimapara and Kakatpur, recorded an average 73.95 per cent polling on Thursday. The Brahmagiri constituency recorded the highest polling of 82.25 per cent while the lowest was registered in Puri with 63.79 per cent. The second highest was in Pipili with 77.29 per cent followed by Nimapara with 76.08 per cent, Satyabadi 75.20 per cent and Kakatpur with 70.54 per cent.
Of the total 12,62,642 voters in the district, 9,33,722 participated in the polling including 4,47,198 women. The Puri Parliamentary seat recorded a 73.78-per cent polling. This constituency’s seven Assembly segments are Puri, Satyabadi, Pipili, Brahmagiri, Chilika, Nayagarh and Ranpur.