Some voters in Manipur go back to Lok Sabha polls after violence disrupts first day of election
Imphal: Votes were cast again, today, in Manipur state of India for the Lok Sabha elections which were postponed due to violent incidents last week.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Indian election authorities voided the results at 11 of Manipur state’s nearly 3,000 polling stations after armed men damaged election machines during the first day of voting in national elections on Friday.
State officials said that at least six of the stations, armed men broke the electronic voting machines which citizens use to cast their ballots.
Manipur has been wracked by ethnic violence between the state’s two dominant ethnic groups since May 2023. Around 200 people have been killed and over 60,000 displaced as mobs have rampaged through villages and torched houses.
