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Even the MLAs of 20 assembly segments in the Eastern Nagaland did not turn up to vote. There are over 738 polling stations in the six districts of Eastern Nagaland.

Unidentified armed men also intimidated election agents of a particular political party at different places and asked them to leave the polling stations, police said

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Meanwhile, several areas in Kuki-dominated assembly segments in Outer Manipur recorded a thin turnout till 1pm.

The Election Commission said polling for the first and biggest phase of the seven-phase elections remained largely peaceful. Voters braved the heat in most parts while at some places, they waited patiently in pouring rain as the world's largest poll exercise got underway at 7 am. �� Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 1 Polling: World’s Biggest Electoral Exercise Begins, Over 62% Voter Turnout Recorded; Check State-Wise Voting Percentage.

The Manipur Police stated that the movement of 30 and 226 vehicles along NH-37 and NH-02 respectively with essential items has been ensured

From a violent one-year conflict and directions by community leaders against contesting, to special voting booths for the thousands of internally displaced people and an absent election buzz. The Indian Express travels to Imphal and Churachandpur ahead of voting, which starts on April 19, to find out how the state’s protracted crisis frames the challenge this Lok Sabha election

NPF candidate Kachui Timothy Zimik's victory will amplify the collective voice of the Northeast in the Parliament, says Nagaland deputy CM Y Patton.

Patton stated this while campaigning for NPF candidate of Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency, Kachui Timothy Zimik, in Leipung Tampak village under

The Congress has fielded MLA Alfred K Arthur to contest in the Outer Manipur seat, reserved for tribals. Arthur, on Tuesday, visited Churachandpur, the first candidate to campaign in this nerve-centre of the ethnic violence, to directly assess his prospects in the ensuing Lok Sabha election.