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Odisha records 48.44 percent polling till 3 pm

Odisha records 48.44 percent polling  till 3 pm

Bhubaneswar, May 25 (UNI) Approximately 48.44 percent of 94.41 lakh electorate have exercised their franchise till 3 pm in the Six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly seats, spread over 10 districts in Odisha.
ECI sources said a maximum of 53.29 percent of voters have cast their ballots in Keonjhar Lok Sabha Constituency followed by 52.77 percent in Sambalpur, 50.40 percent in Dhenkanal, 48.71 percent in Puri, 43.52 percent in Cuttack and 42.53 percent in Bhubaneswar Parliamentary Constituency.
Keonjhar Lok Sabha recorded the highest voter turnout till 1500 hours, while the voter turnout in Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha Constituency was the lowest.

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