High voter turnout was witnessed during phase three in all three blocks that went for panchayat polls in Dhanbad on Tuesday.
Polling was held for electing panchayat representatives of 68 panchayats spread in Baliapur,Kaliasol and Agyarkud blocks of the district.
The District administration had made elaborate security arrangements keeping in view that the blocks share borders with West Bengal. Voters had queues up for voting outside polling booths even before the voting opened at 7 AM.
According to an available report a total of74.14 percent out of a total of 271276 persons came out for polling that has been registered in these blocks of district.
In Baliapur over 20 per cent voters had voted in the first two hours since polling began while the percentage was 22.8 and 21.3 in Kaliasol and Agyarkund blocks respectively .
The percentage reached 62. 5 ,65.2 and 51 percent in respective blocks at 1 PM.
By the time polling ended 79.14 peechent people of Baliyapur ,78.90 percent in Kaliasol and 64.33 percent polling had been registered in Agyarkund block.