May 13th 2024, Aged voter after casting his vote for the Odisha Assembly Election 2024 at Gopalpur in Ganjam district.
Photo Credit: ANIOn Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) N.B. Dhal said that the voter turnout in the first phase of polling in four Lok Sabha seats and 28 assembly segments in the State on May 13 was 75.68 per cent.
After receipt of postal votes, he said the CEO has noted that there may be further increase in the percentage of voters for this election.
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Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency recorded the highest percentage of voters with an average of about eighty two point sixteen percent (82.16%).
According to him, Nabarangpur was followed by Kalahandi (77.90 pc), Koraput (77,53 PC) and Berhampur (65.41 pc).
In Odisha, Lok Sabha and assembly elections are happening simultaneously.
A report also indicated that in tribal tribal-dominated Nabarangpur district with four assembly segments under Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat stated that over eighty-four five seven per cent voted as against previous records of approximately eighty per cent voted in a similar election held during2019.
High voting percentages were attributed to these high levels of awareness campaigns conducted through SVEEP by Mr Prashant Lochan Mishra who is also District Election Officer-cum-Collector (Nabarangpur).
Mishra commented: “We have been able to record around than sixty-five percent polling as several voter awareness programmes were undertaken to enhance the voting percentage in our district.”
The highest turnouts among its assemblies belonged to Dabugaon at a rate of eighty five point six one percent (85.61%), Jharigaon at a rate of eighty five point two (85.22%), Umerkote, Jharigaon at a rate of eighty three point zero five percent (83.05%) and the lowest voter turnout in Umerkote with eighty three point zero five (83.05%).
There was also an increase in the percentage of voters participating in the Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency from seventy nine point fifty two per cent (79.52%) in 2019 to eight two point one six per cent (82.16) during this recent election.
Various political party candidates are optimistic about the effects of large turnouts on their campaigns.
In his words: “The high turnout of voters speaks volumes of people’s anger towards the BJD in the state and BJP in the Centre.I am confident that the people have voted for Congress,” said Bhujabal Majhi, Congress candidate for Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat.
The high voter turnout is because the regional party is governing effectively under Nabarangpur Parliamentary segment as stated by Pradeep Majhi BJD candidate for Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat .
