The office of the Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday issued a notification for five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly constituencies where polls are scheduled to be held in second phase on April 18.

The five Lok Sabha constituencies going to poll in this phase are Bargarh, Balangir, Sundargarh, Kandhamal and Aska. Polls will also be held on the same day in all the 35 Assembly constituencies falling under these LS seats.

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

As per the notification, the filing of nominations for the constituencies going to polls in the second phase started from 11 am on the day and will end at 3 pm on March 26. The last date of withdrawal of nominations by candidates is March 29.

Informing about the poll preparedness, CEO Surendra Kumar said, “The first level randomisation of EVMs have been completed in 26 districts and the process in other four districts is expected to be completed in next two days.

The bar code scanning of EVMs will be done in next two days.

Kumar further added that EVMs would be transported to the strong rooms on the day of final publication of candidates’ list.