On April 19, incidents of violence have been reported at some of the polling cubicles in conflict-torn Manipur the place some miscreants opened fireplace and even destroyed EVMs.
After the conclusion of first part of the Lok Sabha elections, the Manipur Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) introduced that re-polling can be carried out at the 11 polling cubicles of the interior Manipur Lok Sabha seat. Voting will probably be held once more at these stations on April 22, based on Manipur Chief Electoral Officer.
This choice was made following a directive from the Election Commission, which declared the preliminary polls held on April 19 as void.
Manipur noticed a voter turnout of 69.18 per cent until 7 pm on Friday.
According to CEO’s order, “The Election Commission of India has, under Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, directed that the poll taken on April 19 (Friday) in respect of 11 polling stations listed in the table below of 1-inner Manipur parliamentary constituency to be void and appointed April 22, 2024 (Monday) as the date for taking fresh poll at the said polling stations with hours of poll from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM.”
The affected polling stations the place repolling will probably be carried out are Moirangkampu Sajeb Upper Primary School and S. Ibobi Primary School (East Wing), within the Khurai meeting constituency, 4 in Kshetrigao, one in Thongju, three in Uripok, and one in Konthoujam.
On April 19, incidents of violence have been reported at some of the polling cubicles in conflict-torn Manipur the place some miscreants opened fireplace and even destroyed EVMs.
In the incident, one civilian was reported to be injured after the firing, and clashes have been reported at a polling sales space in Moirangkampu Sajeb Awang Leikai of Imphal, Manipur, throughout voting within the Lok Sabha elections.
Block Level Officer for Moirangkampu, Sajeb Surbala Devi stated, “Suddenly two men came here and asked for polling agents of the Congress and the BJP. They took the Congress agent outside by holding his hand. Then the two men fired shots from inside the car. One person got injured.”
All 32 meeting segments of the interior Manipur parliamentary constituency and 15 meeting segments of the outer Manipur (ST) parliamentary constituency voted for the Lok Sabha.
The voting for the remaining 13 segments of Outer Manipur will probably be held within the second part on April 26.
The Lok Sabha polls will probably be held in India in seven phases, from April 19 to June 1 to elect the 543 members of the 18th Lok Sabha.
The second part will probably be held on April 26 and the remaining phases will probably be May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25, and June 1 accordingly.
The counting of votes will probably be held on June 4.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is printed from ANI)
