<span style="color: #222222;">In Jharkhand, polling for the Third Phase of three-tier Panchayat Elections today was completed peacefully in 1,047 Panchayats of 70 blocks of 19 districts today.<br />''<br />'' State Election Commission Secretary Radheshyam Prasad told AIR News that about 70.54 per cent of voters exercised their franchise, in this phase. Mr Prasad said that the voting percentage in the Third Phase remained more than the other two phases.<br />''<br />''Voting was held from 7 </span><a href="http://a.m.to/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://a.m.to&source=gmail&ust=1653490583729000&usg=AOvVaw3IvWckcl8yEJBHr30bqaf2">a.m.to</a><span style="color: #222222;"> 3 p. m. amidst tight security at 12 thousand 912 Polling Stations. The counting of votes for the Third and Fourth Phase of Panchayat Elections will be taken up on 31st of May.</span>