Tuesday, January 31, 2012
manipur elections 2012
manipur elections 2012
Okram Ibobi Singh of the Indian National Congress has led Manipur for two consecutive full terms. The main opposition consists of the Manipur People’s Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nationalist Congress Party and Janata Dal – United.[7]The election will take place on 28 January, with the result being announced on 6 March.[3]
There are 60 constituencies for which 2,357 polling stations are to be setup. In a total electorate of 17,40,820, 8,51,323 are men and 8,89,497 are women. The major issues are territorial integrity (which ensues from the entry of the Nagaland People's Front (the ruling party in neighbouring Nagaland) into the electoral politics of Manipur), the road blockades of National Highways 39 and 53 and the role of insurgents
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