Large–scale violence and attempts of rigging in the presence of police marked the third phase of elections to the three-tier panchayati raj institutions in Odisha on Sunday.
Votes were polled in 18,495 booths for 1,382 sarpanch posts and 171 zilla parishad members in 63 blocks. According to the State Election Commission (SEC), 71% votes were polled during the day.
“The voting was disrupted at a few places due to law and order. We have sought reports from the districts and would chalk out the next course of action basing on the report,” said State Election Commissioner Aditya Prasad Padhi.
