The fourth and final phase of three-tier panchayat election passed off peacefully in the district with an average turnout of over 73 per cent. There were, however, reports of chaos at polling booths at Dandai and Danda blocks. There were long queues of voters as soon as the polling began at 7am to around 3 pm.
Three-tier panchayat elections were held in three phases (first, third and fourth) with the last phase being scheduled on May 27.
Dandai and Danda block recorded highest polling with (76) percentage, While others blocks recorded 75 per cent in Dnda block, 73 percent in Manjhiaon block, 73 percent recorded in Meral block, 71 per cent in Garhwa lock and 67 percent recorded in Kandi block. Out of 1121,a total 543 polling booths have been declared sensitive, while 83 booths were identified as hypersensitive.
Polling was held in the fourth phase in 85 panchayats to elect 114 panchayat members, 85 mukhiyas, 848 panchayat committee members and 11 zilla parishad members. A total of 2448 candidates are in the fray.
Votes will be counted on May 29.