Jajpur: An analysis of the past election data from 2002 onwards reveals that the polling percentage or the voter turnout in the third phase elections today has been the lowest since the 2002 Panchayat polls.
The third phase of Panchayat polls came to an end on Sunday evening. Total 71 per cent of the registered voters turned up for voting at the centres, the State Election Commissioner, Aditya Prasad Padhi said.
In the ongoing rural polls, Jajpur district has been the worst hit by poll violence and malpractices. The final voter turnout in the district during the last 2 phases shows that the polling percentage in the district has recorded a fall.
Hit by unprecedented violence this year, the polling percentage dropped to 74 and 70 percent, respectively, in the first two phases.
The violence trail is clearly discernible as the first phase this year had seen a marginal rise in voting percentage. But post the widespread violence, the turnout in the second phase dropped by a whopping 6 percent.
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