The EVM stopped operation after eight votes were polled, according to information.
Notably, voting started at all 319 booths in Padampur at 7 am today. A total of 2.57 lakh voters are scheduled to cast votes to decide the fates of 10 candidates, including BJP’s Pradeep Purohit, BJD’s Barsha Singh Bariha and Congress’ Satyabhushan Sahu.
A total of 1276 polling parties have been deployed. Web casting is being done in 120 booths. As many as 66 booths have been put under CCTV surveillance. There are six pink booths and 15 model booths across three blocks in the constituency.