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More than 3.34 crore voters will exercise their franchise in the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: 16/3/24:More than 3.34 crore voters will exercise their franchise in the upcoming Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha, said Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal at a presser here on Saturday.

According to the Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha, altogether 1.69 crore male voters and 1.65 crore female voters will cast their votes in the ensuing polls in Odisha. The state has altogether 3,438 third-gender voters, over 5 lakh differently-abled voters and more than 3 lakh senior citizen voters (Above 85 years).

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday announced the schedule for Simultaneous General Elections for 21 Parliamentary Constituencies and 147 Assembly Constituencies in Odisha will be held in four phases between May 13 and June 1.

Here is the total number of Parliamentary/Assembly Constituencies in the State and the number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Caste and the Scheduled Tribe candidates as under:

State Total Reserved for SCs Reserved for STs
No. of PCs 21 03 05
No. of ACs 147 24 33

A total of 30 District Election Officers including 21 Returning Officers (PC), 131 Returning Officers (AC) and 294 Asst. Returning Officers (AC) have been appointed and trained to conduct elections smoothly. Besides, around 2.70 lakh polling personnel (including 20% reserve) are being trained to be deployed in the Polling Stations throughout the State. Each PS shall be manned by a Presiding Officer & five Polling Officers

As per the announcement of ECI, elections will be conducted in Odisha in four phases.

Simultaneous General Elections 2024 Schedule:

Poll Events Schedule 

(4th  Phase)

Schedule 

(5th  Phase)

Schedule 

(6th  Phase)

Schedule 

(7th  Phase)

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification 18 Apr 2024 

(Thursday)

26 Apr 2024 

(Friday)

29 Apr 2024 

(Monday)

07 May 2024 

(Tuesday)

Last Date of Nominations 25 Apr 2024 (Thursday) 03 May 2024 (Friday) 06 May 2024 (Monday) 14 May 2024 (Tuesday)
Date of Scrutiny of Nominations 26 Apr 2024 (Friday) 04 May 2024 (Saturday) 07 May 2024 (Tuesday) 15 May 2024 (Wednesday)
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures 29 Apr 2024 (Monday) 06 May 2024 (Monday) 09 May 2024 (Thursday) 17 May 2024 (Friday)
Date of Poll 13 May 2024 (Monday) 20 May 2024 (Monday) 25 May 2024 (Saturday) 01 June 2024 (Saturday)
Date of Counting 04 June 2024 (Tuesday)
Date before which election shall be completed 06 June 2024 (Thursday)

The phase-wise polling schedule is as under:-

Schedule No & Name of PC
4th  Phase 11-Kalahandi 

12-Nabarangpur (ST)

20-Berhampur

21-Koraput (ST)

5th Phase 1 – Bargarh 

2 – Sundargarh (ST)

10-Bolangir

13-Kandhamal

19-Aska

6th Phase 3-Sambalpur 

4-Keonjhar (ST)

9-Dhenkanal

14-Cuttack

17-Puri

18-Bhubaneswar

7th  Phase 5- Mayurbhanj (ST) 

6-Balasore

7-Bhadrak (SC)

8-Jajpur (SC)

15-Kendrapara

16-Jagatsinghpur (SC)

As per instruction of ECI, electors shall have to produce the EPIC or any one of the below-mentioned 12 (twelve) photo identity documents for establishing their identity at the polling station before casting their vote.

  • Aadhaar Card,
  • MNREGA Job Card,
  • Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office,
  • Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of the Ministry of Labour,
  • Driving License,
  • PAN Card,
  • Smart Card issued by RGI under NPR,
  • Indian Passport,
  • Pension document with photograph,
  • Service Identity Cards with photographs issued to employees by Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies,
  • Official identity cards issued to MPs / MLAs / MLCs and
  • Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, issued by M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. 

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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