According to the election officials’ announcement on Sunday, mobile phones were banned at polling booths throughout the city. However, observations at different polling stations revealed varying levels of enforcement of this ban. While some stations were lenient, simply requiring voters to switch off their phones, others provided tables outside the booths for storing bags and phones. 

In contrast, a few stations enforced a strict no-mobile zone within a 100-metre radius. Interestingly, the strictness of these bans appeared to correlate with the location of the booths, whether in slum areas or high-rise neighbourhoods.