Election Commission of India has declared the elections held in six polling stations of the Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency as ‘void’. Fresh polling has been announced in these polling stations on April 30.
Polling was held on Friday at 848 polling stations in the remaining 13 of the 28 assembly segments under the Outer Manipur parliamentary seat, where voting for the 15 other assembly segments was held in the first phase on April 19, along with the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat.
Manipur chief electoral officer Pradeep Kumar Jha said that the commission has appealed to voters to cast their votes in large numbers in these six polling stations on Tuesday. Since trouble broke out in these six polling stations on Friday, the EC ordered fresh polling on Tuesday.
Nearly 82% of around 4.85 lakh voters on Friday exercised their franchise in the remaining part of the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, spread across the eight hill districts of Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tamenglong, Noney, Senapati, Jiribam, Pherzawl, and Tengnoupal.
