Odisha elections 2019: Notification for 2nd phase polls out

Bhubaneswar: The office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here today issued a notification for second phase elections to be held in the State on April 18.

In the second phase, the elections will be simultaneously held for five Lok Sabha and 35 Assembly seats. The five Lok Sabha constituencies are Bargarh (General), Sundargarh (ST), Bolangir (General), Kandhamal (General) and Aska (General).

Polls to be held in the 35 the Assembly constituencies are-Padampur, Bijepur, Bargarh, Attabira (SC), Bhatli, Brajarajnagar, Jharsuguda, Talsara (ST), Sundergarh (ST), Biramitrapur (ST), Raghunathpali (SC), Rourkela, Rajgangpur (ST), Bonai (ST), Biramaharajpur (SC), Sonepur, Loisingha (SC), Patnagarh, Bolangir, Titilagarh, Kantabanjhi, Baliguda (ST), G Udaygiri (ST), Phulbani (ST), Kantamal, Boudh, Daspalla (SC), Bhanjanagar, Polsara, Kabisuryanagar, Khallikote (SC), Aska, Surada, Sanakhemundi and Hinjili

The polling will be held from 7 AM to 6 PM. Candidates can file their nominations for the second phase polls from today and the last date for filing the nominations is March 26. The last date for withdrawing nominations is March 29.