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Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 21 2009:
The stage has been set for the election to the Inner Manipur Parliamentary Constituency tomorrow wherein seven candidates are in the fray for the lone seat.
Polling would begin from 7 am and continue till 4 pm in all the 970 polling stations of the Inner Parliamentary Constituency which has a total number of 8,26,539 voters including 4,34,574 female voters who would decide the fate of the seven candidates.
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The seven candidates in the fray are sitting MP Dr Th Meinya of Congress, Dr M Nara of CPI, former Union Minister Th Chaoba of MPP, former Chief Minister of Manipur W Nipamacha of BJP, L Kshetrani Devi of Rashtriya Bahujan Congress Party and two Independent candidates namely retired IPS officer Abdul Rahman and social activist Nongmaithem Homendro.
Kshetrani is the only woman candidate in the election.
To ensure free & fair and conduct of the election, in all 4,850 polling personnel would be deployed besides 28 companies/ 93 sections of BSF, 18 companies/ 93 sections of CRPF, 98 sections of IRB, 82 sections of MR, 1219 Home Guards and 2045 VDFs.
Of the total 970 polling stations, two sections of armed security personnel would be deployed along with three to four unarmed personnel at all the hypersensitive polling stations, one section of armed personnel along 3 to 4 unarmed personnel at all the sensitive polling stations and half a section of armed personnel along with three to four unarmed personnel in all the normal polling stations.
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