Odisha Municipal Election Begins

Polling for three Municipal Corporations and 106 Municipalities/NACs in Odisha commenced at 8 AM on Thursday and will continue till 5 PM.

As many as 2989 booths have been set up under 1672 wards of the Municipalities/NACs and 1384 booths under 165 wards of the Municipal Corporations. Around 22,000 polling personnel have been engaged for the election.

A total of 40,55,053 voters are to decide the fate of 6411 candidates, including 569 contesting for the post of Mayor/Chairperson and 5842 for the post of Corporator/Councilor.

A total of 195 platoons of police force, including OSAP, IR Battalion, and Special Security Battalion, have been deployed for the urban polls.

Out of them, 30 platoons are for Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, 20 for Cuttack Municipal Corporation, and 10 for Berhampur Municipal Corporation.

Besides, 300 mobile parties have been deployed out of which 109 are for the three Municipal Corporations. One constable, havildar, or armed police are deployed at each booth.