The ECI has ordered fresh polling in 34 booths in 10 districts including three in Puri district on May 19, an official said on Tuesday. Puri district has been worst hit by the cyclone Fani which made a landfall near Puri town on May 3.
“... The ECI has directed to hold fresh poll on 19.05.2019 (Sunday) in following polling stations for simultaneous General Election to Lok Sabha and Odisha Legislative Assembly....,” Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Kumar said in a letter to the district election officers and collectors of 10 districts. The fresh polls will be held in different assembly segments in the districts of Cuttack, Deogarh, Puri, Angul, Keonjhar, Khurda, Jajpur, Balasore, Mayurbhanj and Jagatsinghpur, he said.