On April 20, the Chief Electoral Officer declared that rerun elections would take place on April 22 at 11 polling places in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency. The Election Commission’s directive, which required a fresh round of voting and found the first round of polling held on April 19 to be invalid, was followed in making this conclusion.
This decision was made in the wake of violent occurrences and electoral irregularities that occurred during the first round of voting, including shootings, intimidation of voters, and destruction of electronic voting machines. Additionally, there were claims of booth grabbing, particularly in an area where 72% of voters cast ballots in the two Lok Sabha seats of Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur.
The Manipur Congress, led by President K Meghachandra, expressed concerns over electoral integrity earlier in the day and demanded reelection at 47 stations. They specifically demanded action at 36 stations in the Inner Manipur constituency and 11 in the Outer Manipur constituency, claiming booth grabbing and cheating.
During the first round of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19, reports of booth grabbing as well as reports of shooting, intimidation, and destruction of electronic voting machines (EVMs) at various polling places surfaced from Manipur, a state gripped by conflicts. Since May of last year, the state has been dealing with ethnic conflict. One civilian was reported injured in the same fire event, and violence was reported at a polling place in Moirangkampu Sajeb Awang Leikai, Imphal, Manipur, during the Lok Sabha elections.
The Khurai constituency’s Moirangkampu Sajeb and Thongam Leikai, four stations in Kshetrigao, one in Thongju within the Imphal East district, three in Uripok, and one in Konthoujam within the Imphal West district are among the places that will be affected by the reelection.
The date of the second phase is April 26. In the first round of the Lok Sabha elections, over 100 million people from 21 states and Union territories cast ballots for 102 seats, accounting for over 64% of the total voter turnout. When the first round of voting ended at 9:00 p.m, The projected voter turnout was 63.89 percent. During the next three days, Chhattisgarh will host the electoral rallies of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP state media co-incharge Anurag Agrawal revealed that union minister and BJP leader Amit Shah will speak to a public meeting on Monday in the Kanker Lok Sabha constituency in the Bastar district. On April 23 and 24, PM Modi will hold campaign rallies in the Lok Sabha constituencies of Sarguja, Mahasamund, and Janjgir-Champa. A list of candidates for the nine Andhra Pradesh and two Jharkhand Lok Sabha seats in 2024 was made public by the Congress on Sunday. Jharkhand has 14 Lok Sabha seats, while Andhra Pradesh has 25.
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