Lottery for broadcast time slot held
Source: IT News / DIPR

Imphal, February 03 2017: Lottery for reservation of time slot for broadcast timing allotted to different political parties for the ensuing 11th General Election to Manipur Legislative Assembly, 2017 by Election Commission of India was held today at Conference Hall of Old Secretariat, South Block.

The lottery was conducted under the supervision of Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur Shri Vivek Kumar Dewangan and attended by State Nodal Officer (Co-ordination and Observer), Shri Ngangom Uttam, representatives from DDK Imphal, AIR Imphal and representatives from 8 (Eight) recognised political parties.

On the other hand, representative of Bahujan Samaj Party skipped the lottery.

The broadcast timing for DDK Imphal starts from 16th Feb, 2017 and ends at 1st March, 2017 from 4.30 pm to 6 pm daily (excluding Sundays).

The broadcast timing for AIR Imphal starts from 16th Feb, 2017 and ends at 1st March, 2017 between 6.40 am till 7.30 am and 6.25 pm to 7.25 pm daily (excluding Sundays).

Indian National Congress (INC) has been allotted 254 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has been allotted 129 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal, Naga People's Front (NPF) has been allotted 82 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has been allotted 81 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal, Communist Party of India (CPI) has been allotted 74 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been allotted 55 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal.

Meanwhile Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), People Democratic Alliance (PDA) have been allotted 45 mins each broadcast time in DDK Imphal and AIR Imphal.

The time slot has been allotted according to the performance of the political parties in last general election.

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