About 70 per cent of voters exercised their right to franchise in the second phase of panchayat polls held in the State on Sunday.Balrampur district recorded maximum 82 per cent polling while Sukma recorded the least 22 per cent polling, the officials said. The officials of State Election Commission (SEC) said that according to the provisional data, Bilaspur district recorded 72 per cent polling, Mungeli 74 per cent, Janjgir-Champa 78 per cent, Surajpur 81 per cent, Korba 73 per cent, Surguja 78 per cent, Koriya 70 per cent, Raigarh 55 per cent, Jashpur 67 per cent, Bemetara 65 per cent, Gariaband 77 per cent, Dhamtari 81 per cent, Durg 75 per cent, Balod 72 per cent, Rajnandgaon 75 per cent, Kabirdham 74 per cent, Bastar 67 per cent, Kondagaon 68 per cent, Kanker 73 per cent and Dantewada 52 per cent.
Meanwhile, SEC has declared the schedule for re-polling at 55 polling centers in nine districts for the three-tier Panchayat poll 2015.The re-polling at these centers will be held along with the third phase of polling on February 4. The counting, listing and declaration of results for the re-polling will be done according to the schedule of the third phase of polling. The re-polling will be held at polling centers in Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Kondagaon, Bilaspur and Baloda Bazar from 7 am to 3 pm. The re-polling at polling centers of Kanker, Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur districts will be held from 6.45 am to 2 pm.
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