Manipur Polls

In Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, and Rajasthan, where the BJP registered most of its seat losses, its drop in votes was at least five percentage points.

In a significant political development, the Congress candidates wrested both the Lok Sabha seats in Manipur from the ruling BJP and its ally Naga People's Front (NPF) on Saturday.

The Election Commission of India has declared polling "void" for the Lok Sabha elections at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency.

The Election Commission of India declared the polls conducted at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency as void and announced fresh elections in these stations on April 30.

A voter turnout of 81.6 per cent was recorded during repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, officials said.

Re-polling began at 11 polling stations in the inner-Manipur Parliamentary constituency of the northeastern state on Monday.

Re-polling will be held today in 11 booths in the I-Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency after incidents of violence were reported at some of the polling booths in conflict-torn Manipur where some miscreants opened fire and even destroyed EVMs.

Manipur chief electoral officer on Saturday announced repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 22.

Manipur chief electoral officer PK Jha has sought reports from returning officers detailing vandalism and violence in polling booths and where all re-polling would be needed.

The massive exercise to elect the 18th Lok Sabha started today with elections on 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories. By the end of Phase 1, around 60.03% people voted. Sporadic violence was reported from Manipur and Bengal.

Gunshots were fired near a polling booth in Manipur this morning. A 25-second video circulating online shows commotion and people shouting before two shots are heard in quick succession.

Just two days ahead of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Manipur's ruling BJP on Wednesday expelled party leader E. Dwijamani Singh for six years.

Lok Sabha elections: The Kuki National Assembly (KNA) has condemned the killing of two "village defence volunteers" in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday, allegedly by an armed group from the valley.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking voting facilities for around 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic strife in Manipur for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.

In Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Manipur, and Rajasthan, where the BJP registered most of its seat losses, its drop in votes was at least five percentage points.

In a significant political development, the Congress candidates wrested both the Lok Sabha seats in Manipur from the ruling BJP and its ally Naga People's Front (NPF) on Saturday.

The Election Commission of India has declared polling "void" for the Lok Sabha elections at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency.

The Election Commission of India declared the polls conducted at six polling stations in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary Constituency as void and announced fresh elections in these stations on April 30.

A voter turnout of 81.6 per cent was recorded during repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on Monday, officials said.

Re-polling began at 11 polling stations in the inner-Manipur Parliamentary constituency of the northeastern state on Monday.

Re-polling will be held today in 11 booths in the I-Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency after incidents of violence were reported at some of the polling booths in conflict-torn Manipur where some miscreants opened fire and even destroyed EVMs.

Manipur chief electoral officer on Saturday announced repolling at 11 polling stations in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency on April 22.

Manipur chief electoral officer PK Jha has sought reports from returning officers detailing vandalism and violence in polling booths and where all re-polling would be needed.

The massive exercise to elect the 18th Lok Sabha started today with elections on 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories. By the end of Phase 1, around 60.03% people voted. Sporadic violence was reported from Manipur and Bengal.

Gunshots were fired near a polling booth in Manipur this morning. A 25-second video circulating online shows commotion and people shouting before two shots are heard in quick succession.

Just two days ahead of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Manipur's ruling BJP on Wednesday expelled party leader E. Dwijamani Singh for six years.

Lok Sabha elections: The Kuki National Assembly (KNA) has condemned the killing of two "village defence volunteers" in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday, allegedly by an armed group from the valley.

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea seeking voting facilities for around 18,000 people displaced internally due to the ethnic strife in Manipur for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

"Why should I vote to elect a representative of a place which is no longer mine ... elections mean nothing to us," says a distraught Nobi, who lost her home 11 months ago to ethnic violence in Manipur and is living in a relief camp.