Residents of New Podampeta — a fishing village under Chhatrapur assembly constituency in Ganjam district, located 150km from the state capital — walked four kilometres to cast their vote at Podagada polling booth under Ramgarh gram panchayat in Ganjam district.

They said their village, which has more than 300 people, lacked a polling booth. According to the norms of the Election Commission (EC), polling stations should be designated in such a way that no person is required to travel more than two kilometres to vote.

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The Podagada booth has more than 1,400 voters. Besides New Podampeta, the residents of nearby Jhatipadar and N Barapali villages also voted there. Even at 6 in the evening, the queue outside the booth was long.