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Schedule for holding General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Orissa
| Sl. No. | Poll Event | Orissa | |
| Phase1 | Phase-2 | ||
| 1 | Announcement & Issue of Press Note | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 02-Mar-2009 (Monday) |
| 2 | Issue of Notification | 23-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 28-Mar-2009 (Saturday) |
| 3 | Last Date for filing Nominations | 30-Mar-2009 (Monday) | 04-Apr-2009 (Saturday) |
| 4 | Scrutiny of Nominations | 31-Mar-2009 (Tuesday) | 06-Apr-2009 (Monday) |
| 5 | Last date for withdrawal of Candidature | 2-Apr-2009 (Thursday) | 08-Apr-2009 (Wednesday) |
| 6 | Date of Poll | 16-Apr-2009 (Thursrday) | 23-Apr-2009 (Thursday) |
| 7 | Counting of Votes on | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) | 16-May-2009 (Saturday) |
| 8 | Date before which the election shall be Completed | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) | 28-May-2009 (Thursday) |
| Constituencies Polling on this Day | 70 | 77 | |