In term of the voter’s strength, Balangir is the largest and Kandhamal the smallest among the 10 lok Sabha constituencies that go to polls in the first phase on Thursday in the State.
With 15,31,333 voters, Balangir is one of the largest constituencies in the country while Kantabanji Assembly constituency, part of the Balangir lok Sabha seat has the highest number of booths, 331.With a voter size of 11,36,589, Kandhamal is the smallest among the 10 lok Sabha constituencies but has the maximum number of contestants, 15.With seven candidates, Nabrangpur has the least number of contestants.A total of 1,35,39,390 or 1.35 crore voters are supposed to cast their votes across 17,266 booths spread across the ten lok Sabha constituencies that will go to polls on Thursday in the first phase to decide the fate of 673 candidates including 52 women contestants.