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The population of these blocks is around 3.50 lakh, with nearly 2 lakh voters eligible to vote. Bhubaneswar: The Balangir Lok Sabha constituency, comprising five assembly seats in Balangir district and two in Subarnapur, has the highest number of eligible voters out of all the 21 Parliamentary seats in the state. “We will engage 321 women personnel in the polling process but their duties will be limited to urban areas. This time, the number of booths has been reduced to 1,547 after rationalization.Several areas in the constituency are affected by the Maoist movement; hence, the EC has declared 256 booths ‘vulnerable’. Officials said micro-observers would be deployed at the booths located in the Maoist-hit areas.Officials said the LS segment’s Turekela, Khaprakhol, Patnagarh, Kantabanji, Bangomunda and Belpada blocks have the most number of ‘hypersensitive’ booths..