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A total of 41.26% of the 2.21 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 1 p.m. on May 10 in Odisha's Jharsuguda Assembly constituency, where a by-election is underway, an Election Commission official said...
At least 41.26% of eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 1 pm," Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal said...
More than 1,000 officials and a huge police contingent along with seven companies of central paramilitary forces have been deployed for the by-election, the official said.. Collector cum District Election Officer Aboli Sunil Naravane said this was the first time that webcasting was done in all 253 polling stations...
Both BJD candidate Deepali Das and BJP nominee Tankadhar Tripathy cast their votes early in the morning...
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had campaigned for BJD candidate Deepali Das, while Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Bisheswar Tudu had canvassed for BJP nominee Tankadhar Tripathy..
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