Besides eight political parties recognised by the Election Commission of India including Congress, NCP, BJP, JD(U), Trinamool Congress and others, other smaller parties and independents would contest the forthcoming polls in Manipur to be held on January 28. Around 2,357 polling stations have been put up in the state and except 160 of them the rest has been declared hyper-sensitive and sensitive. Manipur has a 60-member Assembly. Of the 350 companies (comprising approximately 3,500 personnel) of security personnel, including 280 companies of para military forces, are to be deployed in the insurgency-hit state.