Campaignings wind up, stage set for by polls
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 19 2015:
All preparations to hold the by-election to Thangmeiband AC and Thongju AC smoothly and peacefully have been completed.
Notably, campaign period for the by-election scheduled on November 21 expired at 4 pm today.
In Thangmeiband AC, around 26,537 voters are expected to exercise their right to adult franchise in 41 polling stations.
In Thongju AC, 28,214 voters would cast their votes in 45 polling stations.
Polling will begin at 7 am and continue till 4 pm.
All the polling stations of the by-election have been already declared hyper-sensitive.
Altogether 12 companies of central paramilitary forces would be deployed in the two Assembly segments on the polling day.
With the end of the campaign period, leaders of different political parties have been prohibited from going to the two Assembly segments.