Bhubaneswar: A voter turnout of 22.64 per cent was recorded till 11am Saturday in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly segments where polling is underway in the last phase of simultaneous elections in the state Saturday, officials said.
Among the six Lok Sabha constituencies, Balasore recorded the highest voter turnout at 27.66 per cent while Jajpur logged the lowest turnout at 17.10 per cent till 11am.
Besides, Jagatsinghpur recorded a voter turnout of 23.01 per cent, Bhadrak 21.50 per cent, Kendrapara 24.03 per cent and Mayurbhanj 22.25 per cent, the EC data showed.
A total of 66 candidates are in the fray in the Lok Sabha seats, while 394 nominees are contesting the assembly segments in the fourth and last phase of simultaneous polls in the eastern state.
Key candidates in this phase include Odisha Assembly Speaker Pramila Mallik, Government Chief Whip Prashant Kumar Mudili, and half-a-dozen Odisha ministers Sudam Marndi, Ashwini Patra, Pritiranjan Ghadai, Atanu S Nayak, Pratap Deb and TK Behera.
Also, four sitting MPs — Pratap Sarangi (Balasore), Manju Lata Mandal (Bhadrak), Sarmistha Sethi (Jajpur) and Rajashree Mallick (Jagatsinghpur) – are in the fray in their respective seats.
PNN & Agnecies