Bishnupur, Manipur Assembly constituency

Bishnupur is one of the 60 constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. It is one of the 32 constituencies forming the parliamentary constituency of Inner Manipur.

Bishnupur
Constituency for the Manipur Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Manipur
District	Bishnupur
Lok Sabha constituency	Inner Manipur
Established	1967
Total electors	32,115[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
12th Manipur Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Govindas Konthoujam
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2022

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1967	L. Ibomcha		Indian National Congress
1974	Khaidem Rath Singh
1980	Thiyam Udhop Singh		Indian National Congress
1984			Independent
1990	Khundrakpam Jibon Singh		Janata Dal
1995	Govindas Konthoujam		Indian National Congress
2000
2002
2007
2012
2017
2022[1]			Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2022			46.05%
2017			53.11%
2012			55.25%
2007			50.29%
2002			49.96%
2000			46.88%
1995			20.45%
1990			27.50%
1984			25.90%
1980			20.42%
1974			39.22%
1972			35.22%
1967			46.24%

2022 Assembly election

2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Govindas Konthoujam	13,611	46.05%	12.75%
	JD(U)	Oinam Nabakishore Singh	12,202	41.28%
	INC	Ningthoujam Joykumar Singh	3,395	11.49%	−41.63%
	NOTA	Nota	350	1.18%	0.50%
Margin of victory			1,409	4.77%	−15.04%
Turnout			29,558	92.04%	1.91%
Registered electors			32,115		8.64%
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	-7.07%

2017 Assembly election

2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindas Konthoujam	14,150	53.11%	−2.14%
	BJP	Konthoujamkrishna Kumar Singh	8,872	33.30%	31.36%
	LJP	Khundrakpambhabeshwor Singh	3,333	12.51%
	NOTA	None of the Above	181	0.68%
Margin of victory			5,278	19.81%	−7.81%
Turnout			26,641	90.13%	3.57%
Registered electors			29,560		6.23%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.14%

2012 Assembly election

2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindas Konthoujam	13,308	55.25%	4.96%
	MSCP	Thiyam Yaima	6,655	27.63%
	AITC	Khundrakpamjibon	2,189	9.09%
	MPP	Ningthoujam Sanajaoba	1,291	5.36%	−27.62%
	BJP	Pukhrambam Kumarjeet	467	1.94%
Margin of victory			6,653	27.62%	10.31%
Turnout			24,085	86.54%	−1.04%
Registered electors			27,826		1.50%
	INC hold		Swing	4.96%

2007 Assembly election

2007 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindas Konthoujam	12,077	50.29%	49.36%
	MPP	Ningthoujam Sanajaoba Singh	7,919	32.98%
	NCP	Khundrakpamjibon Singh	3,898	16.23%
	SP	Nongmaithem Dhiren Singh	120	0.50%
Margin of victory			4,158	17.31%	11.39%
Turnout			24,014	87.59%	−4.31%
Registered electors			27,415		15.27%
	INC gain from MSCP		Swing	0.33%

2002 Assembly election

2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MSCP	Govindas Konthoujam	10,833	49.96%	3.08%
	DRPP	Ningthoujam Sanajaoba Singh	9,548	44.04%
	CPI	Sorokhaibam Nilkamal Singh	698	3.22%
	BJP	Pukhrambam Goverdhon Singh	285	1.31%	−30.79%
	INC	Thiyam Chandrakanta Singh	202	0.93%
	Samata Party	Rajkumar Bimolchandra Singh	116	0.54%
Margin of victory			1,285	5.93%	−8.86%
Turnout			21,682	91.90%	−3.07%
Registered electors			23,784		6.08%
	MSCP hold		Swing	29.51%

2000 Assembly election

2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MSCP	Govindas Konthoujam	9,821	46.88%
	BJP	Ningthoujam Sanajaoba Singh	6,724	32.10%	14.41%
	MPP	Khundrakpamjibon Singh	4,402	21.01%	5.69%
Margin of victory			3,097	14.78%	13.61%
Turnout			20,947	94.38%	−0.59%
Registered electors			22,420		13.84%
	MSCP gain from INC		Swing	26.44%

1995 Assembly election

1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Govindas Konthoujam	3,766	20.45%	−2.33%
	JD	Khundrakpamjibon Singh	3,550	19.28%
	BJP	Khundrakpampulinkant	3,258	17.69%	−5.21%
	FPM	Braj Mohon	2,949	16.01%
	MPP	Pukhrambam Indramani	2,822	15.32%	−4.39%
	SJP(R)	Pukhrambam Goverdhon	809	4.39%
	CPI	Sorokhaibam Nilakomol	741	4.02%	−2.82%
	Independent	Ningthoujam Mangi	522	2.83%
Margin of victory			216	1.17%	−3.42%
Turnout			18,417	94.97%	3.69%
Registered electors			19,695		5.01%
	INC gain from JD		Swing	-7.05%

1990 Assembly election

1990 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	Khundrakpamjibon Singh	4,654	27.50%
	BJP	Khundrakpampulinkant Singh	3,876	22.90%
	INC	Thiyam Udhob Singh	3,856	22.78%	0.74%
	MPP	R. K. Dhanachandra Singh	3,336	19.71%
	CPI	Gurumayum Nilamani Sharma	1,159	6.85%
Margin of victory			778	4.60%	2.72%
Turnout			16,926	91.29%	−2.48%
Registered electors			18,755		24.05%
	JD gain from Independent		Swing	1.60%

1984 Assembly election

1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thiyam Udhop Singh	3,584	25.90%
	JP	R. K. Dhanachandra Singh	3,324	24.02%
	INC	Khundrakpampulinkant Singh	3,050	22.04%
	Independent	Laishram Heramot Singh	2,125	15.36%
	Independent	Thokchom Sanat Kumar Sinha	1,756	12.69%
Margin of victory			260	1.88%	−0.33%
Turnout			13,839	93.77%	6.72%
Registered electors			15,119		4.05%
	Independent gain from INC(U)		Swing	5.48%

1980 Assembly election

1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	Khundrakpampulinkant Singh	2,531	20.42%
	Independent	Konthoujamgojendro Singh	2,257	18.21%
	JP	R. K. Dhanachandra Singh	1,621	13.08%
	INC(I)	Thiyam Udhob Singh	1,554	12.54%
	Independent	Akhijam Ketuki Singh	1,311	10.58%
	CPI	Khomdram Chanu Bilashini	1,245	10.05%
	JP(S)	Ningthoujam Mangi Singh	1,058	8.54%
	Independent	Sougaijam Tomba Singh	605	4.88%
	MPP	Ningthojam Dhananjoy	171	1.38%	−30.17%
Margin of victory			274	2.21%	−5.46%
Turnout			12,393	87.05%	−0.54%
Registered electors			14,530		30.17%
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing	-18.80%

1974 Assembly election

1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khaidem Rath Singh	3,739	39.22%	4.00%
	MPP	Mairembam Nilachandra Singh	3,008	31.55%	12.27%
	Socialist Labour Party (India)	Akoijam Ketuki Singh	2,786	29.22%
Margin of victory			731	7.67%	−1.60%
Turnout			9,533	87.59%	7.81%
Registered electors			11,162		−3.66%
	INC hold		Swing	4.00%

1972 Assembly election

1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Khaidem Ratha	3,170	35.22%	−11.02%
	Socialist Labour Party (India)	Akoijam Ketuko	2,336	25.95%
	CPI	Sougaijam Tomba	1,759	19.54%
	MPP	Mairembam Nilachandra	1,736	19.29%
Margin of victory			834	9.27%	−10.37%
Turnout			9,001	79.79%	4.75%
Registered electors			11,586		−33.19%
	INC hold		Swing	-11.02%

1967 Assembly election

1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election: Bishnupur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Ibomcha	5,784	46.24%
	SSP	A. Ketuki	3,327	26.59%
	Independent	M. Nilachandra	3,220	25.74%
	Independent	S. Angouba	179	1.43%
Margin of victory			2,457	19.64%
Turnout			12,510	75.03%
Registered electors			17,343
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly
• Bishnupur district