Photo : ANIImphal: A total of 18 people have been injured with four deceased during the Manipur elections. Three helicopters including one ALH of Global Vectra and one MI17 of IAF were deployed for airlifting of casualties and polled EVMs and polling teams.Cashless treatment was given to all the injured, security forces and other election machineries. A total of 25 polling teams along with polled EVMs were airlifted in both the phase out of which 17 teams were airlifted in Tipaimukh AC and 8 from Tamei AC.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manipur Rajesh Agrawal stated that the polls went in two phases on 28th February, 2022 and 5th March, 2022. Of the total 60 constituencies, 36 Assembly Constituencies recorded 90% or more voter turn out. Among 60 Assembly Constituencies, Wangoi recorded the highest voter turn out of 94.8% followed by Chandel (94.3%), Mayang Imphal (94.1%), Lamlai 93.7(%), Tengnoupal (93.5%), Lamsang (93.4%),Hiyanglam (93.4%), Heirok (93.1%). The voter turn out of female voters is as high as 90.5% while male turn out is recorded as 87.9%. Overwhelming participation by PwD electors have been witnessed in the General Elections with over 90% turn out of a total of 14565 PwD electors. Out of this, 1235 PwD voters have exercised their franchise from the comfort of their respective homes through postal ballots. Out of a total of 41881 electors of 80 and above, 7361 have voted through postal ballots.Interestingly, 95% of the Centenarian voters have exercised their franchise through postal ballots or at the polling stations.The Counting process will start at 8 am on 10th March with the counting of postal ballots. Thereafter, counting of votes polled in EVM will also start at 8.30 am in all the 41 counting halls notified for the purpose.The counting of 19 ACs will be taken up after completion of counting of first AC in the 19 counting halls where votes for two ACs are to be counted. The DEOs and Superintendent of Police in each district has been directed to make elaborate security arrangement for counting including a minimum of three tier security comprising of CAPF and the State Police. The entire process of counting in addition to the Returning Officer, will also be supervised by the 41 General Observers appointed by the Election Commission of India, one each for each Counting Hall. The process of counting will also be webcasted to the district control rooms and also the State Control room at the CEO Office.The trends and final results of the counting will be available in public domain on the Voter Helpline App and the website www.results.eci.gov.in .Further, the results will also be displayed centrally at western gate of Kangla. The results and updates will also be available to press from the media cell at the CEO Office.The 12th General Elections also witnessed record seizures worth Rs.170 crore as against about Rs. 5 crore in 2017. A total cash of 6.14 crore, 143 crore worth drugs and narcotics, 12 crore worth of gold and other precious metals and 7.4 crore worth of other items and freebieswere seized during the General Elections-2022 by the enforcement agencies including police, Flying Squad, Income Tax and Excise.Adequate preventive measures were also taken to ensure free, fair and secure voting by the voters. The General Elections witnessed a record deposition of licensed arms of 80.98% as against 59.76% in 2017. Besides, 7245 persons were bound down under Cr.P.C. in 2022 as against 1854 in 2017. Further, 3117 persons were also identified as trouble mongers as against 673 in 2017.