Jharsuguda by-poll in Odisha: 75.60% voter turnout till 7 pm, voting continued in 5 cubicles

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission has recorded 75.60 per cent voter turnout till 7 p.m. throughout the by-poll for Jharsuguda Assembly constituency in Odisha. Besides, polling was nonetheless persevering with in 5 cubicles.

It is to be well-known that 68.12 per cent voter turnout had been recorded till 5 p.m.

Polling for the Assembly seat began at 7 a.m. and continued till 6 p.m. in all 253 cubicles throughout the constituency on Wednesday, talked about Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Nikunja Bihari Dhal.

A whole of 1,51,035 voters strong their votes throughout the by-poll till 5 p.m., he talked about.

Minor clashes have been reported in three polling cubicles. However, there was no disturbance in voting, Dhal talked about.

Live webcasting was carried out in all 253 cubicles. The polling was carried out simply throughout the constituency, the CEO talked about.

With the completion of voting, the future of 9 candidates along with Naba Das’ daughter Dipali Das (BJD), Tankadhar Tripathy (BJP) and Tarun Pandey (Congress) have been sealed throughout the EVMs.

All three necessary political occasions, BJD, BJP and Congress, have nominated up to date candidates for the by-poll. The three candidates strong their votes in a number of wards of Jharsuguda municipality.

The by-poll was necessitated following the murder of native MLA and ex-Minister Naba Kishore Das on January 29 this 12 months. Votes may be counted on May 13.

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