Bhubaneswar: The State Election Commissioner Aditya Padhi announced that the state Panchayat elections will be held in five phases and are to begin from February 16. As per the schedule put out, the polling will take place on February 16,18,20,22 and the 24th, respectively. The polling shall begin from 7am and would continue until 1pm in the afternoon.
The counting of votes is scheduled to take place on February 26, 27 and 28, at the block Sadar Level.