Manipur, going in to elect 38 legislators for its assembly, had seen 67.53 per cent voting till 3 pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is a district-wise breakdown:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 According to ECI, As many as 173 candidates out of which 15 are women are in the fray with 12,09,439 voters expected to exercise their\u00a0franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BJP is fielding candidates in all the 38 seats while the Congress is contesting 35, the JD(U) 28 and the NPP 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the ECI, of the 2,959 polling booths, 1,099 and 763 have been identified as vulnerable and critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The key candidates whose fates would be decided today include Chief Minister N Biren Singh, who is contesting from Heingang, speaker Y\u00a0Khemchand Singh from Singjamei, Deputy Chief Minister Yumnam Joykumar Singh from Uripok and state Congress chief N Lokesh Singh from Nambol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which got 21 seats (36.28% total voting share), formed the government in the state in 2017 even as\u00a0Congress emerged as the single-largest party with 28 seats (35.11% total voting share) with the help of the National People\u2019s Party which won 4 seats (7.17% total voting share), and Naga People\u2019s Front and the Lok Janshakti Party both won 1 seat each.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manipur, going in to elect 38 legislators for its assembly, had seen 67.53 per cent voting till 3 pm. Here is a district-wise breakdown:\u00a0Imphal East: 65.81 per cent, Imphal West: 70.21 per cent, Bishnupur: 67.42 per cent, Churachandpur: 61.35 per cent and Kagpokpi: 76.74 per cent. According to ECI, As many as 173 candidates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[1051,782],"tags":[1263,1882,1264,1025,1747,1881],"yoast_head":"\n
Imphal East:<\/strong> 65.81 per cent, Imphal West: <\/strong>70.21 per cent, Bishnupur:<\/strong> 67.42 per cent, Churachandpur:<\/strong> 61.35 per cent and Kagpokpi: <\/strong>76.74 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n