Female voters outnumber male counterparts in Manipur

Manipur, which is going to polls on Saturday, is all set for democracy’s biggest festival.[caption id=“attachment_196082” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“Paramilitary soldiers carry their luggage as they leave for a polling station on the eve of the state assembly election in Bishnupur district of Manipur on Friday. PTI”]  [/caption] The North-Eastern state has 8,58,390 male voters, far outnumbered by the female figure of 8,91,914. There are a total number of 279 candidates in the fray. Fifteen of them are females, a pathetic number in a state, where the womenfolk is otherwise always in the forefront in the other spheres of life. Battered by violence and economic blockades, the assembly election may be another hope for Manipur to come out of its miseries. However, the state has to wait till 4 March to know about its political fate. Manipur election facts (Source: PIB)