A total of 14.99 per cent of the 2.53 lakh electors exercised their franchise in the first two hours of voting in the bypoll to Nuapada Assembly seat in Odisha Tuesday, an official said.

Voting began at 7 am in all 358 polling booths, including 47 sensitive ones, amid tight security arrangements.

BJP candidate Jay Dholakia, along with his mother Kalpana Dholakia, casts his vote at a polling station in Mongarapali Government High School at Khariar Road.

While polling will end at 5 pm in 311 polling booths, it will conclude at 4 pm in 47 sensitive ones, including those in Left Wing Extremism-affected areas.

Odisha’s Chief electoral Officer R S Gopalan, at a press briefing, said that voting was underway smoothly in all the 358 polling booths and no untoward incident was reported till 10 a

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