Imphal, April 22 (PTI) About 62 per cent of 8.02 lakh voters exercised their franchise in an incident-free second phase of Lok Sabha elections for the prestigious Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency today. Election office sources said Thoubal district recorded a turnout of 70 per cent, followed by 66 per cent in Bishenpur, 50 per cent in Imphal east and Imphal west districts each.
Lilong area of Thoubal district which had a considerable number of Muslim voters recorded a turn out of 63 per cent, the sources said.
No untoward incident was reported from any part of the valley during the polls which began at 7 a.M. And ended at 4 p.M, the sources said adding that, all election material would be deposited at respective district headquarters (valley districts) this evening.
Although there are seven candidates, the main contest was between M Nara of CPI, Th Chaoba of Manipur People's Party and T Meinya of Congress. The other candidates are W Nipamacha of BJP, A Rehaman (independent), N Homendra (independent) and lone woman candidate L Khetrani of Bahujan Samaj Party. PTI
Voters to give verdict on Rahul, Pawar, Fernandes on Thursday
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Over 194 million people, more than the population of neighbouring Pakistan, are eligible to vote tomorrow to elect 140 MPs to the Lok Sabha from among big contenders including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and George Fernandes.
The second phase of the five-round elections covers 13 states and union territories, but polling was already completed today in one seat in Manipur.
Also, the elections to the assemblies of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa will be completed tomorrow.
Rahul Gandhi is seeking re-election from the Gandhi family pocket-borough of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, Pawar from the newly created seat of Madha in Maharashtra and Fernandes from Muzaffarpur.
Other prominent candidates include the BJP's Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, and Ramvilas Paswan from Hajipur in Bihar. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath is contesting from the Chhindwara constituency in Madhya Pradesh, while other noteworthy names include Akhilesh Prasad Singh (Purvi Champaran, Bihar), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Vaishali, Bihar) and Raghunath Jha (Valmikinagar, Bihar).
Like in the first phase, campaigning was peaceful but was aimed at verbally bruising the opponent and sometimes one's own allies. PTI
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Lilong area of Thoubal district which had a considerable number of Muslim voters recorded a turn out of 63 per cent, the sources said.
No untoward incident was reported from any part of the valley during the polls which began at 7 a.M. And ended at 4 p.M, the sources said adding that, all election material would be deposited at respective district headquarters (valley districts) this evening.
Although there are seven candidates, the main contest was between M Nara of CPI, Th Chaoba of Manipur People's Party and T Meinya of Congress. The other candidates are W Nipamacha of BJP, A Rehaman (independent), N Homendra (independent) and lone woman candidate L Khetrani of Bahujan Samaj Party. PTI
Voters to give verdict on Rahul, Pawar, Fernandes on Thursday
New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI) Over 194 million people, more than the population of neighbouring Pakistan, are eligible to vote tomorrow to elect 140 MPs to the Lok Sabha from among big contenders including Rahul Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and George Fernandes.
The second phase of the five-round elections covers 13 states and union territories, but polling was already completed today in one seat in Manipur.
Also, the elections to the assemblies of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa will be completed tomorrow.
Rahul Gandhi is seeking re-election from the Gandhi family pocket-borough of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, Pawar from the newly created seat of Madha in Maharashtra and Fernandes from Muzaffarpur.
Other prominent candidates include the BJP's Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, and Ramvilas Paswan from Hajipur in Bihar. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath is contesting from the Chhindwara constituency in Madhya Pradesh, while other noteworthy names include Akhilesh Prasad Singh (Purvi Champaran, Bihar), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (Vaishali, Bihar) and Raghunath Jha (Valmikinagar, Bihar).
Like in the first phase, campaigning was peaceful but was aimed at verbally bruising the opponent and sometimes one's own allies. PTI
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