<span style="color: #222222;">In the upcoming first phase polls of 12th General Elections to Manipur Legislative Assembly, twenty-four candidates out of the fifty-five candidates in Imphal West districts are first-time candidates.<br />''<br />''Imphal West district has thirteen assembly constituencies and voting for these assembly constituencies will be held on February 28 as part of the phase-I. Among the assembly constituencies, a Sekmai (SC) assembly constituency has recorded the highest number of candidates with eight candidates.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports,The twenty-six-year-old Ningthoujam Popilal Singh from Sekmai assembly constituency is the youngest candidate in Imphal West district while the veteran politician Okram Joy Singh of INC from Langthabal assembly constituency is oldest at eighty year in the district.<br />''<br />''Out of the fifty-five candidates, five candidates are under 35 years of age while two are above seventy-five years.<br />''<br />''Independent candidate from Keishamthong assembly constituency Sapam Nishikanta who is the publisher of Sangai Express newspapers is the richest candidate in the fray from Imphal west while the youngest candidate of the districts, Ningthoujam Popilal singh is the poorest candidate as per his affidavit.</span><br />