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The Lok Sabha elections are taking place in Manipur, which suffers from caste violence. Manipur has two Lok Sabha seats, one of which will go to polls tomorrow. Regarding the preparations for the vote, the official said that tight security arrangements were made for the first phase. All arrangements are in place.
It is worth noting that 60 assembly constituencies are in the two parliamentary constituencies of Interior Manipur. In the first phase, voting will be held on 32 seats of Inner Manipur and 15 seats of Outer Manipur on Friday. The remaining 13 assembly seats fall under the second Lok Sabha constituency, where voting will be held on April 26.
Voting will start at 7 am, 70 sensitive polling stations
The main contest for the Manipur Interior seat is between BJP’s state education minister Thaunaojam Basant Kumar Singh and Angomcha Bimol Akoijam of the Congress. However, a total of six candidates contested the elections here. District Election Officer T. Kirankumar said that voting will begin at 7 am and will continue till 4 pm. A total of 9.91 lakh voters will exercise their franchise in Inner Manipur. He said polling would be held in 1,319 polling stations in Manipur interior, apart from 29 special polling stations created for people displaced by the conflict. 70 polling stations in Imphal West district have been identified as sensitive. As a precaution, adequate security arrangements were made there, including the deployment of central armed police forces.
