The Election Commission on Thursday announced revising polling dates for Manipur Elections 2022. The poll body announced that the first phase of the Manipur elections will take held on February 28 while the second phase will be held on March 5.
“The Commission, having considered inputs, representations, past precedent, logistics, ground situations and all facts and circumstances in the matter, has decided under Section 153 of Representation of the People Act, 1951 to revise the dates of poll of General Election to Legislative Assembly of Manipur,” a statement of the EC read.
Earlier the polling in the North east state was scheduled to take place on February 27 and March 3.
The poll body added that it visited the state on February 7-8 to review the election preparedness and held interaction with political parties, chief secretary, director general of police and other state-level officers, chief electoral officer, district election officers and other agencies .
Earlier, the poll body had also postponed polling in Punjab to February 20 from February 14, following demands from most of the political parties in Punjab seeking a change on account of Guru Ravi Das Jayanti, which falls on February 16.
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