82 candidates contesting from Tamenglong
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 18 2015 :
Altogether 82 candidates are contesting the Autonomous District Council (ADC) polls from Temenglong district.
A DIPR release said on Monday that 18 candidates for INC, 23 for BJP, 18 for Naga People's Front (NPF), 22 for Independent and one for LJP are set to join the fray.
There are five subdivisions in the district.
For the ensuing ADC polls to be held on June 1, Tamei and Tousem will have five constituencies each, seven Tamenglong subdivision, three for Khoupum and four for Nungba subdivision.
The total number of polling stations for the district is 166 .
Of these, 34 are at Tamei, 42 at Tousem, 48 at Tamenglong, 21 at Nungba and 20 at Khoupum.
A total of 83,538 voters will exercise their franchise in the polls in the district.
The number of female voters is 42,610 .
Meanwhile, rehearsal for presiding officers and polling officers assigned for ADC polls in respect of Chandel district was conducted on Monday.
Assistant Commissioner S Sambhunath trained all the polling personnel on how to cast vote by using ballot box.