Imphal, Mar 3: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday ordered re-polling in 12 polling stations under five assembly constituencies on Saturday, Manipur Chief Electoral Officer Rajesh Agrawal said.
The CEO said that the proposal for re-poll in 12 polling stations in two districts — Imphal East and Churachandpur — was recommended earlier based on the facts and information received from the respective returning officers.
One of the main reasons for consideration of re-polling was damages to Electronic Voting Machines by the miscreants during and after the first phase of polling on February 28, he said.
Agrawal said that all electors of these polling stations are requested to come out in big numbers to exercise their franchise and the inconvenience caused due the incidents on February 28 is regretted.
The CEO said that in the first phase of election on February 28 in 38 assembly constituencies, in all 88.63 percent of the total of 12,09,439 voters turned out to exercise their franchise.
He said that the voter turnout of male was 87.29 per cent and that of females was 89.96 per cent.
“Not only females outnumbered the male electors in the gender ratio, female electors have displayed more enthusiasm in the voter turnout as well in the first phase of balloting,” the official said.
Women are nearly 52 percent of the total of 20,48,169 electorates eligible to cast their votes in the two phases elections to the 60 seat Manipur Assembly.
Like all previous elections, 10,57,336 women voters outnumbered the male electorate of 9,90,627 in the current 12th Manipur Assembly elections.
The second phase of elections in the remaining 22 Assembly constituencies will be held on Saturday and the counting of votes would be done on March 10.
List of polling stations for re-polling
1. Sarouthel
2. New Keithelmanbi
3. Songsang
4. Maite
5. Tinsuong
6. Majuron Kuki
7. N.Chingphei
8. Khoirentak
9. Molsang
10. Leinom
11. Teikot and
12. Maukot
