Bhubaneswar: As many as 566(44%) candidates out of 1283 of the 1285 candidates contesting in the Odisha Assembly Elections 2024 have declared their educational qualifications to be between 5th and 12th standard revealed an analysis of their self-sworn affidavits by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch released on Monday.
Similarly, 652(51%) candidates have declared having an educational qualification of graduate or above, the ADR report revealed.
Besides, 51 candidates are Diploma holders and 12 candidates have declared themselves to be just literate while 2 candidates are illiterates.
