Bhubaneswar, April 29 -- Many voters are likely to be in confusion while voting in the 2024 elections as there are multiple candidates of the same name from different parties, that too in the same seat.

The cases in point are the Bissam Cuttack Assembly seat in Rayagada and the Koraput Assembly seat. BJD candidate Jagannath Saraka, BJP candidate Jagannath Nudruka, Congress nominee Nilamadhab Hikaka and Independent candidate Nilamadhab Ulaka are in the fray in this Assembly seat.

Both the contestants and voters are worried over the similar-sounding initials. Voters in tribal-dominated areas or elsewhere may not easily remember the names and titles of the candidates just to keep the confusion away. Similar-sounding names have every chance...