64% polling in Dhamnagar, middling turnout retains everybody guessing

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR/BHADRAK: With Biju Janata Dal and BJP locked in a fierce contest, Dhamnagar bypoll recorded 66.63 % voters’ turnout on Thursday. Polling was by and enormous peaceable barring stray incidents of alleged sales space rigging and violence.The remaining voters’ turnout is anticipated to be increased and will breach 70 % although it’s not thought of heavy polling in a by-election.

Chief electoral officer (CEO) SK Lohani stated the voting share accessible was tentative as numerous voters had been in queue at many cubicles when polling got here to a detailed at 6 pm.“All those present at the polling stations will be allowed to cast their votes. The final polling percentage is likely to be much higher,” he informed mediapersons. Historically, heavy polling is witnessed at Dhamnagar. In the 2019 meeting election, 72.64 per cent voters forged their votes, whereas turnout was 73.46 per cent in 2014.

While the 2 rival events eyeballing one another at Dhamnagar made the bypoll a matter of status, the voting numbers have left everybody guessing. “In a by-poll, polling should have been more than 70 per cent. Going by the voting trend, nothing can be predicted,” stated a neighborhood political chief.The polling was held amid tight safety. Besides, measures have been beefed up to make sure the security of digital voting machines (EVMs) and easy counting of votes on November 6, the CEO stated.

Despite the strict vigil, there have been reviews of clashes between BJD and BJP staff at two cubicles in Rameswarpur whereas voting was underway. Two individuals had been injured within the incident. The BJP alleged rigging by BJD staff at two polling cubicles at Khalagadia. Voting was disrupted at some polling stations together with sales space no. 75 at Kanpada and sales space no. 15 at Mangalpur main college reportedly resulting from technical glitches within the EVMs.

The whole voters’ quantity in Dhamnagar constituency stands at 2,38,417 together with 1.23 lakh male and 1.15 lakh feminine voters. Five candidates, Abanti Das (BJD), Suryabanshi Suraj (BJP), Baba Harekrushna Sethi (Congress), Rajendra Kumar Das (Independent) and Pabitra Mohan Das (Independent) are within the fray. It is BJD insurgent Rajendra Das who has made the election attention-grabbing.Around 1,000 police personnel and 4 corporations of central paramilitary forces had been deployed for the by-election. The entry and exit factors of the constituency had been sealed.

BHUBANESWAR/BHADRAK: With Biju Janata Dal and BJP locked in a fierce contest, Dhamnagar bypoll recorded 66.63 % voters’ turnout on Thursday. Polling was by and enormous peaceable barring stray incidents of alleged sales space rigging and violence.The remaining voters’ turnout is anticipated to be increased and will breach 70 % although it’s not thought of heavy polling in a by-election.

Chief electoral officer (CEO) SK Lohani stated the voting share accessible was tentative as numerous voters had been in queue at many cubicles when polling got here to a detailed at 6 pm.“All those present at the polling stations will be allowed to cast their votes. The final polling percentage is likely to be much higher,” he informed mediapersons. Historically, heavy polling is witnessed at Dhamnagar. In the 2019 meeting election, 72.64 per cent voters forged their votes, whereas turnout was 73.46 per cent in 2014.

While the 2 rival events eyeballing one another at Dhamnagar made the bypoll a matter of status, the voting numbers have left everybody guessing. “In a by-poll, polling should have been more than 70 per cent. Going by the voting trend, nothing can be predicted,” stated a neighborhood political chief.The polling was held amid tight safety. Besides, measures have been beefed up to make sure the security of digital voting machines (EVMs) and easy counting of votes on November 6, the CEO stated.

Despite the strict vigil, there have been reviews of clashes between BJD and BJP staff at two cubicles in Rameswarpur whereas voting was underway. Two individuals had been injured within the incident. The BJP alleged rigging by BJD staff at two polling cubicles at Khalagadia. Voting was disrupted at some polling stations together with sales space no. 75 at Kanpada and sales space no. 15 at Mangalpur main college reportedly resulting from technical glitches within the EVMs.

The whole voters’ quantity in Dhamnagar constituency stands at 2,38,417 together with 1.23 lakh male and 1.15 lakh feminine voters. Five candidates, Abanti Das (BJD), Suryabanshi Suraj (BJP), Baba Harekrushna Sethi (Congress), Rajendra Kumar Das (Independent) and Pabitra Mohan Das (Independent) are within the fray. It is BJD insurgent Rajendra Das who has made the election attention-grabbing.Around 1,000 police personnel and 4 corporations of central paramilitary forces had been deployed for the by-election. The entry and exit factors of the constituency had been sealed.