'Reserved' wards for IMC election declared
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 20 2011:
Eight seats to be reserved for women out of the 27 wards of the IMC for which elections will be held on May 25 was declared today after a lottery held at GM Hall.
The eight wards to be reserved for women (general category) are Ward No-1 (Thangmeiband), Ward No-6 (Uripok), Ward No-27 (Uripok), Ward No-7 (Sagolband), Ward No-11 (Keishamthong), Ward No-14, Ward No-20 (Yaiskul) and Ward No-17 (Singjamei).
The one ward which has been reserved for women (Scheduled Tribe) is Ward No-26 (Wangkhei) .
Lottery for two seats to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes was also held and Ward No-22 (Wangkhei) and Ward No-25 (Thangmeiband) have been reserved for this category.