Bhubaneswar: The voters’ turnout remained high for the fourth phase polling of the panchayat elections completed on Tuesday.
The final polling percentage in the fourth phase polling, release
d by the State Election Commission (SEC) on Wednesday, put the tournout at 79% which was highest of all phases so far.
In all four phases, the polling rate in the rural elections has remained more than 70%. As per the SEC, while it was 79% in 4th phase, there was 71% polling both in the third and second phases. In the first phase, the state witnessed 70% polling.
Among all 30 districts, Subarnapur recorded the highest polling of 86.51% in the fourth phase, followed by Bargarh with 84.87% and Nabarangpur 83.3%.
Interestingly, Ganjam district, which has the home constituency of chief minister Naveen Patnaik, registered the lowest voter turnout at 65.2% this time.