ECI Orders Re-poll In Six Booths of Manipur On March 8
Imphal: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday ordered to conduct re-elections at six booths across four assembly seats in Senapati and Ukhrul districts of Manipur.
According to Rajesh Agrawal, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manipur, the re-election will be conducted on Tuesday i.e. March 8th.
Agrawal further said that one of the main reasons of re-polling was that EVMs were damaged by miscreants.
Congress candidates in Wangkhem, Wangjing-Tentha, and Tengnoupal on Sunday demanded re-election in their constituencies alleging malpractices during the polling on March 5.
Congress candidate M Hemanta Singh also submitted a memorandum to the district election officer of Thoubal, demanding re-poll at nine polling booths.
Earlier, the districts observers and polling officers had recommended re-polling in the nine polling stations in Manipur where clashes were reported.
The nine polling stations where re-polling was recommended include Songsang Mission School, Maite ME School and Tinsuong ME School in Thanlon Assembly Constituency, Majuron Kuki, Khoirentak, Molsang, Leinom in Henglep Assembly Constituency, and Teikot and Maukot in the Singhat Assembly Constituency.
The first phase of voting took place on 28 February where reports of clashes and proxy voting emerged from the parts of the states.
There were also reports of broken Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) found in seven polling stations.
At least one person was injured in a clash between two political parties in Churachandpur district.
Despite heavy security arrangements and sporadic incidents of violence, Manipur in the first phase of elections to 38 of the 60 Assembly seats reported 78.03 per cent voter turnout, election officials said.
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