The first phase of panchayat elections in the district passed off peacefully on Saturday with huge
deployment of security personnel and officials.
The first phase of the poll for the three-tier panchayati raj institutions was held at 479 polling
stations across 5 blocks of the district and recorded 70 per cent voter turnout. “The first phase
passed off peacefully and voting was held in a free and fair manner. The voter turnout was also
encouraging,” Garhwa SP Anjani Kumar Jha said.
When asked about violent incidents, he said, “There is no report of any kind of incident from
anywhere”.
In the first phase, polling was conducted for 437 posts, for which 1,423 candidates were in the fray
in 38 panchayats. 49 sectors and 92 clusters were created for 479 polling stations in the first phase.