Bhubaneswar, April 25: Nomination process for the first phase General and Assembly Election in Odisha scheduled on May 13 concluded on Thursday.
Nomination papers for the four Lok Sabha and 28 Assembly constituencies were submitted at the respective concerned Returning Officers for scrutiny.
On 13th May four Lok Sabha Constituencies namely Kalahandi, Berhampur, Koraput and Nabarangpur voting will be conducted. Similarly polling for as many as 28 Assembly constituencies Nuapada, Khariar, Umerkote, Jharigam, Nabarangpur, Dabugam, Lanjigarh, Junagarh, Dharmgarh, Bhawanipatna, Narla, Chhatrapur, Gopalpur, Berhampur, Digapahandi, Chikiti, Mohana, Paralakhemundi, Gunupur, Bissam Cuttack, Rayagada, Laxmipur, Kotpad, Jeypore, Koraput, Pottangi, Malkangiri, and Chitrakonda will be held.
Source said, at least 30 candidates had filed their nomination papers for the aforesaid Lok Sabha seats As of Wednesday. Apart from it, scores of finalists from the BJD, BJP, Congress and Independent candidates filed their nominations on Thursday.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on Friday withdrawal process is scheduled on Monday i.e on April 29.
