Amid stray incidents of violence, Manipur on Monday recorded 78.03 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of Assembly elections in which 38 out of the 60 Assembly seats are being contested, election officials said.
The voting for the first phase of Manipur Assembly elections began on Monday morning amid tight security, election officials said.Men and women with colourful attires in large numbers queued up in front of the polling stations before the voting .
Stray incidents of violence occurred in the first phase of elections to 38 Assembly constituencies in Manipur on Monday even as 49 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 1 p.m. election officials said.Police officials in Imphal said that at .
Voting began this morning amidst tight security in 38 of the 60 constituencies that went to the polls in the first of two phases of polling in the elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly.