Polling for the third phase of three-tier panchayat elections in Jharkhand ended peacefully on Tuesday in Ranchi District. The Ormanjhi block of the district recorded the highest voter turnout of 79.66 per cent in this phase.
On the other hand, 78.01 per cent voting is reported in Angada, 72.24 per cent in Silli and 65.89 per cent in Namkum. It may be mentioned here that in the third phase, voting was held in 82 panchayats of four blocks of Ranchi district. In these, voting was held for 9 posts of Zilla Parishad members, 84 posts of Panchayat Samiti members, 82 posts of Mukhiya and 428 posts of Ward members.
The voting process started smoothly at 7:00 am in various polling stations of Ormanjhi, Namkum, Anagada and Silli. A control room has been set up at the district level to monitor every movement of the voting process.
District Election Officer cum Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ranchi, Chhavi Ranjan reached the control room to take stock of the situation there. During this Deputy Development Commissioner Ranchi, Vishal Sagar was also present on the occasion.
Ranjan, taking necessary information related to the ongoing polling in 4 blocks, gave necessary directions to the deputed officials. He also appealed to the residents of Ranchi to participate actively in the elections. He said that voters should exercise their franchise by reaching their nearest center and play their important role in forming the Government of the village.
In the third phase under the three-tier Panchayat (Common) Election 2022, voting will be held in four blocks of the district. Voting will be held in Ormanjhi, Anagada, Namkum and Silli on May 24. In total 3631 polling stations, 3 lakh 55 thousand 776 voters will exercise their franchise.
One day earlier the DC had said that extensive preparations have been made by the district administration for fair voting. Full security arrangements have been made. He had appealed to the voters to exercise their franchise. At the same time, he said that the officials engaged in the election work should cooperate so that fair election work can be done.
Panchayat poll -1: Voters show their ink marked finger after casting their votes during the 3rd phase of Jharkhand Panchayat election, at Namkum in Ranchi on Tuesday. Pix by Vinay Murmu
Panchayat poll -2: Citizens wait for their turn to cast their votes during the 3rd phase of Panchayat election at Ormanjhi in Ranchi on Wednesday. Pix by Vinay Murmu