Patna, April 23 -- Around 60 per cent voting was recorded till 6 p.m. on Tuesday for the five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar that went to the polls in the third phase of polling on Tuesday amid few incidents of clashes and EVM glitches, officials said.
As per the official figures received, 62.80 per cent turnout was recorded at Supaul, followed by Araria (62.34 per cent), Madhepura (59.12 per cent), Khagaria (58.83 per cent) and Jhanjgarpur (56.82 per cent).
According to officials at the state Chief Electoral Office here, voting was largely peaceful barring a few incidents of clashes between the supporters of rival political parties.
In Araria, voting was stopped at three polling booths after the police resorted to lathi charge to disperse a ...