Two-phase elections to be held in Manipur

Imphal, Mar 16  Manipur will witness two-phase elections on April 19 and April 26 for Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur seats.
Pradeep Kumar Jha, Chief Electoral Officer Manipur told a press conference here on Saturday that with the announcement of poll dates the Model code of conduct has come into force.
The first phase will cover 47 Assembly segments of both constituencies and the second phase will cover 13 constituencies of Outer Manipur.
A scheme has been prepared for the Internally Displaced Persons of the State to vote at the Relief Camps. As per the Scheme, the Internally Displaced Persons will be considered as ordinary residents of the place where they have been displaced from and hence would be treated as electors of the original place. Designated Assistant Returning Officers will be appointed for each district for the purpose. A Special Polling Station will be set up for a cluster of polling stations. The voting will take place through EVMs only and counting of votes will also take place at the District. Headquarters where the relief camps are located and the results will be transmitted to the concerned Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer. The Internally Displaced Persons are required to submit ID Forms to the designated AROs at least 10 days before the date of poll.
The Final Photo of the Electoral Rolls of all 60 Assembly Constituencies was published on January 22, 2024 . There are 9,80,855 male, 10,47,929 female, and 239 Transgender electors. The number of PwD electors stands at 14152 while the number of 85+ electors is 22491. The total number of polling stations is 2955.
M-3 EVMs manufactured by Electronics Corporation of India Ltd. (ECIL) shall be used in all the polling stations. First Level Checking of machines has been completed. There are 5176 Ballot Units, 6584 Control Units, and 5321 VVPATs available in the State.
For Election Expenditure Monitoring 197 Flying Squad Teams, 194 Static Surveillance Teams, 92 Video Surveillance Teams, 60 Video Viewing Teams, 60 Accounting Teams have been constituted and trained.
A total of 1058 polling stations have been identified as vulnerable and critical. Steps also have been taken to identify history sheeters, trouble mongers, and persons causing vulnerability and are bound down under Cr.P.C. Besides deploying Micro Observers, these Critical & Vulnerable polling stations will be brought under Webcasting/Videography. Additional CAPF will also be deployed in such polling stations.
So far only CPI has announced the name of the candidate. L Sotinkumar will be the candidate for CPI for the Inner Manipur Parliamentary constituency. Th Robindro Office Secretary said the decision was taken by the National Executive of CPI on Thursday. L Sotinkumar is the General Secretary of Manipur CPI unit.
Assembly Segments going for polls in First Phase are 1-Khundrakpam, 2-Heingang, 3-Khurai, 4-Khetrigao, 5-Thongju, 6-Keirao, 7-Andro, 8-Lamlai, 9-Thangmei band, 10-Uripok, 11-Sagol band, 12-Keisamthong, 13-Singiamei, 14-Yaiskul, 15- Wangkhei, 16-Sekmai (SC), 17-Lamsang, 18-Konthoujam, 19-Patsoi, 20-Langthabal, 21-N aoriya Pakhanglakpa, 22-Wangoi, 23-Mayang Imphal, 24-Nambol, 25-Oinam, 26-Bishenpur, 27- Moirang, 28-Thanga, 29-Kumbi, 30-Lilong, 31-Thoubal, 32-Wangkhem, 33-Heirok, 34- Wangjing Tentha. 35-Khangabok, 36-Wabgai, 37-Kakching, 38-Hiyanglam, 39-Sugnoo, 41- Chandel (ST), 46-Sai kul (ST), 50-Kangpokpi, 51-Saito (ST), 57-Henglep(ST), 58- Churachandpur (ST), 59-Saikot(ST), and 60-Singhat(ST).
Assembly Segments going for polls in Second Phase are 40-Jiribam, 42-Tengnoupal (ST), 43-Phungyar (ST), 44-Ukhrul (ST), 45-Chingai (ST), 47- Karong (ST), 48-Mao (ST), 49-Tadubi (ST), 52-Tamei (ST), 53-Tamenglong (ST) and 54-Nungba (ST), 55-Tipaimukh (ST) and 56-Thanlon (ST).