Counting of votes for assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa begins on Thursday morning and early leads are giving BJP upper hand in UP and AAP in Punjab.
The counting of votes for 60-member Assembly elections in Manipur began on Thursday in 41 counting halls across 16 districts in the state amid tight security measures and following all Covid-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), officials .
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 .