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Incidents of firing, intimidation, destruction of EVMs at some polling booths and allegations of booth capturing were reported from conflict-hit Manipur that recorded a turnout of over 68 percent in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls
According to PTI, Both the BJP and the Congress accused each other of unleashing violence and breaching the election Model Code of Conduct.
The state which has been reeling under the conflict of ethnic violence since May last year has traditionally seen a very high voter turnout. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the state recorded a turnout of 82 percent.
Voting took place in two constituencies–Inner Manipur (32 assembly segments) and Outer Manipur (15 assembly segments)- on Friday while polling in the remaining 13 assembly segments in the Outer Manipur constituency will take place on April 26 in the second phase.
“A voter turnout of 68.82 percent has been recorded. While the Inner Manipur constituency has recorded 72.3 percent turnout, the poll percentage in Outer Manipur stood at 61.98 percent,” said Pradeep Kumar Jha, chief electoral officer, Manipur.
Keirao constituency in Imphal East district recorded the highest turnout among all the 32 constituencies of Inner Manipur with 83.81 percent.
For Outer, Chandel which has both Naga and Kuki voters recorded the highest turnout with 85.54 per cent turnout. Kuki-dominated Henglep in the Churachandpur district recorded an 80.70 percent voter turnout while Saikul recorded the lowest with just 19.46 percent.
