India, May 19 -- Over 79 lakh voters across five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 assembly constituencies of Odisha would determine the political fate of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, former Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram and former Indian hockey team captain Dilip Tirkey among 305 candidates in the fifth phase of polling on Monday.

The five Parliamentary constituencies are Kandhamal, Sundagarh, Bargarh, Bolangir and Aska. A total of 265 candidates are in fray for the 35 Assembly seats and 40 candidates for the five Lok Sabha seats.

Odisha chief electoral officer Nikunja Dhal said a total of 79.69 lakh voters, including 40.33 lakh men and 39.35 lakh women will exercise their franchise at 9,162 polling booths. Of the total booth...