Imphal, Nov 10 (UNI) Counting for four Assembly seats of Manipur
where bypoll was held on Nov 7 last began today at 0800 hours.
For Wangoi the counting was done at Lamphelpat, Imphal West. Seven
tables were laid for the counting process. Postal ballots will be
counted inside the Kombirei hall located near the entrance of the DC
office complex. The sealed EVMs were stored inside the strong room.
Out of the 28,561 electors, a total of 27,103 voters cast their votes
on the polling day of which 13088 are males while 14,015 are female
voters. The final polling percentage was recorded to be 94.90 per cent
in Wangoi.
For Lilong and Wangjing Tentha counting was done at Thoubal DC
office. For Saitu counting was done at Kangpokpi DC office. Lilong
recorded a turnout of 93.3 per cent while Wangjing Tentha recorded
92.3 per cent. Saitu recorded 91.59 per cent which was marred with
alleged denial of Congress supporters to come out and arrest of
Congress candidate’s agent on the day of the election.
In Wangoi former Congress MLA, Oinam Lukhoi Singh now a BJP Candidate was in the fray against Salam Joy Singh of Indian National Congress and Khuraijam Loken Singh of National People's Party (NPP).
Lilong has three candidates . Md Azizul Haque Khan of Indian
National Congress (INC) former Congress MLA, Mohd Abdul Nasir (Ind)
and Y. Antas Khan (Ind). Former Congress MLA and now BJP candidate
Ngamthang Haokip was in the fray against Lamtinthang Haokip of Indian
National Congress (INC) in Saitu.
In Wangjing Tentha, Moirangthem Hemanta Singh of Indian National
Congress (INC), S. Manaobi, Independent and former Congress MLA
Paonam Brojen Singh now a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate were
in the fray.
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