Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 02 2009:
Sagolsem Hemant has been re-elected as the president of All manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) polling for which was held yesterday at the Manipur Press Club.
S Hemant, who is the editor of 'Eikhoigee Panthung' a monthly publication secured 77 votes against Ratan Luwangcha's 61 .
out of the total number of 141 eligible voters three were found invalid during the poll for the presidential post which is for a period of two-year.
Ratan Luwangcha is the editor of 'Huiyen Lanpao' (manipuri edition).
according to a statement issued by the Returning officer of the AMWJU organisational election Ak Sanaton, seven other working journalists who were also in the race for the post of the Union's standing committee members have been elected at the May 1 election.
Out of the total of nine candidates who had applied for the Standing Committee membership, Asem Bhakta, Bijoy Laishram, Brown Nongmaithem, W Dhamendro, Yambem Henary, Nongmaithem Jonish and Naoroibam Phillip tallied maximum number of votes than the two other contestants.