Manipur Election 2022 Voting HIGHLIGHTS: Polling Concludes For First Phase, 78.03% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM
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First phase of polling for 60-seats Manipur Assembly commenced today. 38 seats across five districts are undergoing polls, In the first phase of polling in this North Eastern state.
A total of 173 candidates including 15 women are contesting from these 38 Assembly constituencies in the first phase of polling.
29 valley districts of Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur, and the rest of the hill seats of Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, and Pherzawl are undergoing polls in the first phase of election in the state.
Chief Minister and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, N Biren Singh will be contesting the election from Heingang seat in the district of Imphal East.
From the Congress party, senior legislator and president of the Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), N Loken Singh is fighting from Nambol constituency and senior party MLA, TN Haokip is fielded from Saikot seat.
18 independent candidates are in fray in the first phase of polling in the State.
Second phase of polling in Manipur will take place on March 5 and the votes will be counted on March 10.
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On Sunday, fifth phase of polling for Uttar Pradesh Assembly concluded with 624 candidates contesting across the districts of Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Hardoi, Unnao, Lucknow, Rae Bareli, Banda, and Fatehpur.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached his parliamentary constituency of Varanasi on the same day where he addressed an election rally. The PM slammed Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and said that terrorists were fearless during their regime in the State.
Manipur Election 2022 Voting LIVE: Polling Concludes For First Phase, 78.03% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM
Polling for 38 seats in the first phase of Manipur Assembly election concluded today. A total of 173 candidates including 15 women contested on 38 seats spread across five districts of the State. 29 valley districts of Imphal West, Imphal East and Bishnupur, and the rest of the hill seats of Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, and Pherzawl underwent polls in the first phase of election.
Voter turnout was recorded 78.03% till 5 pm.
Polling personnel arriving safely from their respective polling stations at DC Imphal West.@SpokespersonECI @ECISVEEP @rajivkumarec @RajeshAgrawal94#ECI #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #CEOManipur #SVEEP #Election2022 #ManipurVotes2022 #CovidSafeElections #ManipurElection2022 pic.twitter.com/5gdiUfezZ6
— The CEO Manipur (@CeoManipur) February 28, 2022
Manipur Election 2022 Voting LIVE: 78.03% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM
78.03% voter turnout has been recorded till 5 pm in the North Eastern state of Manipur which underwent first phase of polls for 38 seats today.
Polling Percentage by 5 pm.#ECI #ElectionCommissionOfIndia #CEOManipur #SVEEP #Election2022 #ManipurVotes2022 #CovidSafeElections #ManipurElection2022 pic.twitter.com/V0f7cigUbm
— The CEO Manipur (@CeoManipur) February 28, 2022
District-wise voter turnout in Maipur is as follows:
Imphal East: 76.64%
Imphal West: 82.19%
Bishnupur: 73.44%
Kangpokpi: 82.97%
Churachandpur: 74.45%
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