Expecting higher voter turn out in ensuing election in Langthabal AC, says RO Scindia
Source: The Sangai Express / DIPR
Imphal, February 22 2022:
20-Lagthabal AC had witnessed a voter turn-out of 90.53 percent in the 2017 election and expects a higher voter turn-out of over 90 percent in the ensuing 2022 election, said Returning Officer Scindia Laipubam.
Appealing to the people of the constituency to exercise their adult franchise without any violence and ensure a free, fair and peaceful election, she said all necessary preparations for the ensuing elections is being undertaken in the constituency with the support from officials and staff involved to facilitate full participation of the electors in the voting process.
She said four candidates - Indian National Congress candidate Okram Joy Singh, National People's Party candidate Karam Nabakishor Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Karam Shyam and independent candidate Hijam Somarendro Singh are in the fray for the election.
RO Scindia also informed that 20-Langthabal AC has 40 Polling Stations which is divided into four sectors, with a total of 160 Polling Officials to be utilized in the voting process.
20/32-Haoreibi Awang Upper Primary School with 1082 electors has the highest number of electors and 20/25-Langthabal Khaobum Primary School with 396 electors has the lowest.
Two Polling Stations 20/28-Lilong Higher Secondary School (E/W) and 20/29-Lilong Higher Secondary School (W/W) have been identified in the constituency as Model cum Women Polling Stations, she said.
She went on to inform that the constituency has 28,128 electors of which 14,823 are female and 13,301 are male electors.
The constituency also has four transgender electors, 475 above 80 years, 4 above 100 and 242 PwD electors.
Altogether 249 electors who opted for the Postal Ballot (12D) for Absentee Voters have been found eligible.
It is worth mentioning that 20-Langthabal Assembly Constituency, formed after the 1972 Assembly Elections following delimitation, has been represented seven times by Okram Joy Singh in the Manipur Legislative Assembly, winning four straight Assembly elections from 1974 to 1990 and another three consecutive elections from 2000 to 2007 .