More than 500 policemen who are tasked with the election duty for Phase-IV, on Friday cast their votes in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj for the coming Lok Sabha Polls 2019 and State Polls in Odisha. All the deployed policemen exercised their franchise through postal ballots. Following the Election Guidelines, Policemen exercise their franchise at Reserve police as by the direction of the Returning Officer.
After postal voting, all the policemen will return to their places where there are deployed for the election duty for the fourth phase of the polling that slated for April 29.
The State Polls in Odisha and General Elections is holding simultaneously. In Odisha, Biju Janata Dal Chief Naveen Patnaik is seeking his 5 consecutive fifth term in the state.
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in a run-up to the polls is taking on aggressive Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. The State will Poll on the four rounds of Polling starting from April 11.
In the last phase of elections in the state, 9 assembly seats and one Lok Sabha
seat will go to polls.
The State has a total of 147 State Assembly while having 21 Lok Sabha Seats. Currently, BJD has 117 lawmakers in the state assembly. The Counting of votes for the mega battle of ballots and the State Polls will take place on May 23, four days after last round of polling.
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