An average 45 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 12 p.m. in the third phase of Panchayat elections underway in 171 Zilla Parishad zones of Odisha, an official said here on Sunday.The polling, which began at 7 a.m., ended at 1 p.m. As per .
The mudslinging between the major political parties came on the backdrop of a brutal attack by unidentified miscreants on three journalists of electronic media during the third phase of election
Amid some stray incidents of violence, the third phase Panchayat polls in Odisha passed off peacefully on Sunday with 71 per cent voting.The election was held for 171 Zilla Parishad members at 18,495 booths in 1,382 Panchayats of 63 Blocks in .