With the filing of nominations for the first phase of the Manipur Assembly Elections concluded on Tuesday, altogether 56 candidates from different political parties have filed their nominations from the 13 Assembly Constituencies in Manipur’s Imphal West district for which polling will be held on February 27.
The filing of nominations began on February 1 and concluded on Tuesday. Deputy Chief Minister and NPP leader Shri Yumnam Joykumar Singh who filed his nominations on Monday from 10-Uripok Assembly Constituency filed his nomination again from the same constituency on Tuesday at the office of the Returning Officer Azingwungshi Khamrang.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Khwairakpam Raghumani Singh and Nunglepam Mahananda Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC) also filed their respective nominations from 10-Uripok AC.