The Election Commission of India voided the polls conducted at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency and announced fresh elections in these stations on April 30.
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An official statement directed that the poll taken on April 26, 2024, in respect of 6 polling stations listed in the table below of 2- Outer Manipur (ST) Parliamentary Constituency to be nullified according to Sections 58(2) and 58A(2) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. It appointed April 30, 2024, as the date for taking a fresh poll at the said polling stations with hours of poll from 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Chief Electoral Officer Pradeep Kumar Jha further urged the voters of these polling stations to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise.
The 2024 Lok Sabha voting in Manipur concluded as 13 of the Assembly segments in the State’s Outer Manipur constituency cast their votes in the second phase of polling on Friday.
Earlier, election authorities conducted re-polling in 11 polling stations of the Inner Manipur constituency on April 22 due to multiple incidents of violence reported during the first phase of polling on April 19.
The election commission will hold the next round of polling on May 7. The counting of votes and the announcement of results will occur on June 4.
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