As polling continued in six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly constituencies in the third phase in Odisha, Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik cast his vote at a booth under Ekamra Assembly segment of the city on Tuesday. The Lok Sabha seats where polling was progress since 7 am are Puri, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Sambalpur and Keonjhar. The 42 Assembly segments came under these Parliamentary constituencies. A total of 417 candidates are contesting in the third phase polls, and 92.56 lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise in a total of 7858 booths. Reports of EVM malfunctioning were received from some booths in the morning hours, but polling resumed after replacing those machines. An average of 7.15% polling of votes was recorded by 10 am.