Manipur Assembly election 2012 - schedule details

Published: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 18:16 [IST]

Five states are going to hold its crucial assembly election in the year 2012 and Manipur is one among them.

The poll date has been scheduled to be held on Jan 28 while election counting will be done on Mar 4. This time it would be an acide test for Okram Ibobi Singh who helped Indian National Congress (INC) to grab power in the state government for last two consecitive years.

The main opposition party alliance consist Manipur People’s Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Janata Dal United (JD-U).

Election officials announced that Two hundred and seventy nine candidates will be contested in the upcoming crucial election. The announcement surfaced following the minute scrutiny and withdrawal of papers by contestants.

Schedule for General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur 2012

SL. No. Poll Event Dates 1 Issue of Notification 04.01.2012 (Wednesday) 2 Last date for making Nominations 11.01.2012 (Wednesday) 3 Scrutiny of Nominations 12.01.2012 (Thursday) 4 Last date for withdrawal of candidature 14.01.2012 (Saturday) 5 Date of Poll 28.01.2012 (Saturday) 6 Counting of Votes 04.03.2012 (Sunday) 7 Date before which election process shall be completed 09.03.2012 (Friday)

All 60 ACs will go to poll on a single day.

Published On January 15, 2012