The Nuapada by-election is proceeding today with key candidates casting their votes. BJP aspirant Jay Dholakia voted alongside his wife and mother, Kalpana Dholakia, after performing a puja.
Meanwhile, Congress candidate Ghasiram Majhi cast his vote at Nuapada High School, expressing high confidence in a victory.
Senior BJP leader Basant Panda and his family also participated in the voting process.
As of 9 am, 14.99% polling has been recorded across the constituency's 358 polling stations.
A total of 2.53 lakh voters—including 1.29 lakh female and 1.24 lakh male voters—will decide the outcome. Security remains tight, with 47 booths identified as sensitive and 8 as highly sensitive, where polling parties were deployed early to manage the process.