India, May 26 -- Amid stray incidents of violence, 61.71 % of the 94.48 lakh voters in Odisha cast their vote in six Lok Sabha and 42 assembly constituencies of the state on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Khordha MLA candidate Prasanta Jagadev was detained by police for allegedly vandalising an electronic voting machine (EVM) and beating a presiding officer. Jagadev allegedly barged into polling booth no. 114 of Kaunriapatna near Rajsunakhala under Bolagarh-Begunia assembly constituency while voting was underway. Odisha chief electoral officer Nikunja Dhal said a first information report (FIR) has been registered against Jagdev.

Dhal said three persons, including a presiding officer, a voter and a polling agent of the BJP ...