Bishnupur District Team wins State level Ballot Battle Quiz Competition
Source: The Sangai Express / PMC
Imphal, January 22 2022:
A State level Ballot Battle Quiz Competition on Election and Electoral Process was held today at JN Dance Academy.
The Quiz Competition was organised by the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur with the objective of increasing voter education and electoral participation.
It may be noted that Ballot Battle Quiz Competition was conducted at district level in all 11 Electoral Districts earlier and top winning teams were selected from all electoral districts for the State level competition.
Only 10 teams out of the 11 selected teams participated in the State Level Quiz Competition held today as the Jiribam District team reported unwell and could not participate.
The programme began with an address by the Additional Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Manipur, Naorem Praveen Singh who deliberated upon various activities taken up by the Office of the CEO regarding the upcoming Manipur State Legislative Assembly election.
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As a part of today's competition, a written examination was first conducted as elimination round selecting six teams, representing Imphal West, Imphal East, Bishnupur, Senapati, Ukhrul and Thoubal districts.
A total of four rounds were conducted during the quiz round to select the top three teams where team representing Bishnupur District bagged the first position while Senapati and Imphal East teams secured second and third position respectively.
It may be mentioned that the top three teams will be awarded cash prizes on the National Voters' Day which will be held at City Convention Centre, Palace Compound on January 25, 2022 and will be awarded cash prizes of Rs 20,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 for first, second and third positions respectively.
Joint Chief Electoral Officer Manipur, Ramananda Nongmeikapam, Joint Chief Electoral Officer (II) Md S Daulat Khan and students representing different electoral districts were also present during the quiz competition.