Bhubaneswar: Feb 17: The third phase of Panchayat Poll was mostly conducted peacefully across Odisha on Friday and it has recorded 75 per cent voter turnout. Sonepur district registered highest voting with 86 per cent, while Ganjam district remained lowest with 66 per cent. Speaking to the media persons, State Election Commissioner R.N.fulSenapati said, ‘The third phase of Panchayat Election went peacefully barring some small incidents.’ Further, he added, ‘there are some information on booth capturing and ballot looting and action will be taken after the detailed information from district collectors.’ In this phase, voting was done for 1,394 panchayats, 18,859 ward members and 175 zila parishad zones of 65 blocks in 30 districts. It is to be noted that, the first phase of panchayat poll recorded 71 per cent turnout, while the second phase recorded 73 per cent.
