Odisha urban local body elections 2022 live news: Elections are being held in 106 civic bodies and three municipal corporations in Odisha today amid tight security. Around 40.5 lakh voters will exercise their franchise to decide the fate of over 6,400 candidates in the fray. The voting, which began at 8 am, will conclude at 5 pm. The elections are being held after a gap of 10 years as they could not be conducted in 2018.
A total of 205 platoons of police have been deployed for the polling which will be conducted through EVMs. Polling will be held in 3,068 booths of 1,731 wards in the 106 civic bodies. In the three municipal corporations — Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur — total 168 wards will go to the polls and 1,407 booths have been set up, officials said.
Punjab’s newly-appointed Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday (March 24, 2022). The two leaders are expected to meet around 11 am.
After landslide victory in the recently concluded panchayat polls, the BJD is looking for a clean sweep in the urban civid body polls. The BJP and the Congress, on the other hand, are also looking to improve their tallies.