Manipur polls highlights: 78 per cent voter turnout recorded in polling
Manipur Assembly elections: The polling commenced at 7am and ended at 6pm.
A voter turnout of 78.03 per cent was recorded in the first of two phase elections in Manipur, sealing the fate of 173 candidates. The voting was held at 38 constituencies spread across five districts including Imphal East, Imphal West, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, and Kangpokpi. The state has a total of 60 assembly seats.
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A total of 12,09,439 voters including 5,80,607 male, 6,28,657 female and 175 transgender voters exercised their franchise across 1,721 polling stations, said Rajesh Agarwal, Manipur's chief electoral officer of Manipur.
The polling began at 7 am and ended at 6 pm. Those who are diagnosed with Covid-19 or are under quarantine were allowed to vote at the last hour.
Notably, 381 polling stations were completely manned by all-women polling personnel, while one polling station in Saikot was manned completely by Person with Disability (PwD) polling personnel.
Key candidates whose fate to be decided to are state chief minister N Biren Singh from Heingang, speaker Y Khemchand Singh from Singjamei, deputy chief minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh from Uripok and state Congress chief N Lokesh Singh from Nambol.
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Feb 28, 2022 07:20 PM IST
Voting in Manipur elections ends, 78.03% turnout recorded
Voting in Manipur elections ends, 78.03% turnout recorded. Kangpokpi (82.97%) and Imphal West (82.19%) lead the charts.
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Feb 28, 2022 06:06 PM IST
78 per cent polling recorded till 5 pm
Manipur recorded a voter turnout of 78.03% till 5 pm, says the election commission
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Feb 28, 2022 05:07 PM IST
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Voters of transgender community take active participation in poll process.
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Feb 28, 2022 03:58 PM IST
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Manipur voters exercise their franchise
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Manipur's deptuy CM casts his votes in Imphal
Manipur deputy chief minister and NPP candidate from Uripok, Yumnam Joykumar Singh cast his vote in Naoremthong Upper Primary School in Imphal.
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Feb 28, 2022 08:00 AM IST
Manipur governor La Ganesan votes at Imphal school
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Feb 28, 2022 07:52 AM IST
CM Biren Singh casts his vote in Manipur polls
Image courtesy: HT Photo State chief minister N Biren Singh who is contesting the polls from his traditional home seat casts vote.
After casting vote he said BJP will get absolute majority this time and form it's own government. He is confident of getting 30 seats out of 38 assembly constituencies which goes to poll today. Singh, who is contesting against Congress candidate P Sharat, said he will get 75% votes of the 33,000 plus votes in the constituency.
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