Manipur polls: Over 10% voters cast ballots till 0900 hrs

Imphal: Over 10 per cent of voters have exercised their franchise till 0900 hours in the first phase of polling in Manipur.

A total of 12,09,439 voters including 5,80,607 male, 6,28,657 female and 175 transgender voters will exercise their franchise in 1,721 polling stations.

The first phase will decide the fates of Chief Minister, N Biren, Deputy CM Y Joykumar, Speaker, Y Khemchand.

BJP will contest in 38 seats while Congress will contest in 34 seats.