The provisional turnout for the day was awaited.

Polling was taking place in 121 of the 243 constituencies. The final phase of polling will take place on Tuesday before the votes are counted on November 14.

Tejashwi Yadav, the Opposition’s chief ministerial candidate, alleged that the local administration was deliberately slowing down voting at several booths in constituencies considered strongholds of his Rashtriya Janata Dal and its allies.

The Election Commission said that the allegation was “baseless and misleading”.

The RJD claimed that the administration in Vaishali district had “systematically” halted vehicles heading to Raghopur through a bridge and boats from Kachchi Dargah. The Opposition party also claimed that the administration in the Danapur constituency had stopped boats

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