NF Bureau: Polling during the 4 Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly constituencies in the first phase of voting on Thursday was largely peaceful in Odisha.
The voters’ turnout was recorded 68% by 6 pm in the state against 75% recorded in the first phase of 2014 general elections, said Chief Electoral Officer of the State Surendra Kumar.
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The CEO also informed that while the failure rate of EVMs has been less than 1%, in 6 booths of Chitrakonda in Malkangiri district there has been no voting due to threat by naxals.
In the first phase, a total of four Parliamentary constituencies that went to polls were Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur and Koraput.
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