Elections in Manipur

Elections in Manipur are conducted since 1952 to elect the members for Manipur Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha. There are 60 assembly constituencies and 2 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Assembly Elections

1967

Main article: 1967 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	Indian National Congress	101,504	32.53	16
	Samyukta Socialist Party	36,520	11.70	4
	Communist Party of India	17,062	5.47	1
	Praja Socialist Party	2,417	0.77	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,093	0.67	0
	Independents	152,419	48.85	9
Total		312,015	100.00	30
Valid votes		312,015	82.00
Invalid/blank votes		68,505	18.00
Total votes		380,520	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		468,707	81.19
Source: ECI[1]

1972

Main article: 1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	135,678	30.02	17	+1
	Manipur Peoples Party	91,148	20.17	15	New
	Communist Party of India	45,765	10.13	5	+4
	Socialist Party (India)	24,195	5.35	3	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	10,699	2.37	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,988	0.66	0	0
	Bharatiya Jana Sangh	1,004	0.22	0	New
	Independents	140,471	31.08	19	+10
Total		451,948	100.00	60	+30
Valid votes		451,948	97.89
Invalid/blank votes		9,744	2.11
Total votes		461,692	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		608,403	75.89
Source: ECI[2]

1974

Main article: 1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	164,717	27.62	13	–4
	Manipur Peoples Party	134,493	22.55	20	+5
	Manipur Hills Union	55,879	9.37	12	New
	Socialist Party	35,349	5.93	2	–1
	Communist Party of India	33,039	5.54	6	+1
	Kuki National Assembly	17,592	2.95	2	New
	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	8,764	1.47	0	–1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,347	0.56	0	0
	Independents	143,241	24.02	5	–14
Total		596,421	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		596,421	97.91
Invalid/blank votes		12,701	2.09
Total votes		609,122	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		719,971	84.60
Source: ECI[3]

1980

Main article: 1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress (I)	158,127	21.63	13	New
	Janata Party	144,112	19.71	10	New
	Indian National Congress (U)	69,319	9.48	6	New
	Communist Party of India	53,055	7.26	5	–1
	Manipur Peoples Party	48,196	6.59	4	–16
	Janata Party (Secular)	20,667	2.83	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	20,600	2.82	2	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	4,168	0.57	1	+1
	Janata Party (JP)	924	0.13	0	New
	Independents	211,855	28.98	19	+14
Total		731,023	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		731,023	97.55
Invalid/blank votes		18,381	2.45
Total votes		749,404	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		909,268	82.42
Source: ECI[4]

1984

Main article: 1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	257,809	29.82	30	+30
	Manipur Peoples Party	93,421	10.81	3	–1
	Janata Party	52,530	6.08	4	–6
	Communist Party of India	35,852	4.15	1	–4
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	28,156	3.26	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	13,367	1.55	1	–1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	6,163	0.71	0	New
	Lok Dal	3,653	0.42	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	790	0.09	0	–1
	Independents	372,766	43.12	21	+2
Total		864,507	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		864,507	97.70
Invalid/blank votes		20,362	2.30
Total votes		884,869	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,013,680	87.29
Source: ECI[5]

1990

Main article: 1990 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	333,765	33.71	24	–6
	Janata Dal	196,207	19.82	11	New
	Manipur Peoples Party	192,075	19.40	9	+6
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha	122,829	12.41	4	New
	Communist Party of India	41,012	4.14	3	+2
	Kuki National Assembly	25,867	2.61	2	+1
	Bharatiya Janata Party	18,549	1.87	0	0
	Manipur Hill People's Council	8,820	0.89	0	New
	National People's Party	7,762	0.78	1	New
	Independents	43,101	4.35	0	–21
Total		989,987	100.00	54	–6
Valid votes		989,987	98.90
Invalid/blank votes		10,997	1.10
Total votes		1,000,984	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,112,853	89.95
Source: ECI[6]

1995

Main article: 1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	328,362	28.08	22	–2
	Manipur Peoples Party	271,247	23.20	18	+9
	Janata Dal	136,594	11.68	7	–4
	Samata Party	70,887	6.06	2	New
	Communist Party of India	64,026	5.48	2	–1
	Federal Party of Manipur	56,300	4.82	2	New
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	44,797	3.83	1	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	38,405	3.28	1	+1
	National People's Party	30,417	2.60	2	+1
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	30,417	2.60	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	2,832	0.24	0	–2
	Manipur Hill People's Council	2,440	0.21	0	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,327	0.20	0	New
	Janata Party	1,611	0.14	0	New
	Independents	88,526	7.57	3	+3
Total		1,169,188	100.00	60	+6
Valid votes		1,169,188	98.83
Invalid/blank votes		13,868	1.17
Total votes		1,183,056	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,160,690	101.93
Source: ECI[7]

2000

Main article: 2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Manipur State Congress Party	331,141	26.28	23	New
	Indian National Congress	230,748	18.31	11	–11
	Bharatiya Janata Party	142,174	11.28	6	+5
	Federal Party of Manipur	118,916	9.44	6	+4
	Manipur Peoples Party	99,487	7.90	4	–14
	Nationalist Congress Party	99,128	7.87	5	New
	Samata Party	84,215	6.68	1	–2
	Communist Party of India	45,309	3.60	0	–2
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	23,037	1.83	1	New
	Janata Dal (United)	22,576	1.79	1	New
	Janata Dal (Secular)	19,945	1.58	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	3,783	0.30	0	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	1,050	0.08	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	690	0.05	0	0
	National People's Party	17	0.00	0	–2
	Independents	37,875	3.01	1	–2
Total		1,260,091	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		1,260,091	99.07
Invalid/blank votes		11,849	0.93
Total votes		1,271,940	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,415,933	89.83
Source: ECI[8]

2002

Main article: 2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	345,660	26.18	20	+9
	Federal Party of Manipur	239,444	18.14	13	+7
	Manipur State Congress Party	163,758	12.40	7	–16
	Bharatiya Janata Party	126,044	9.55	4	–2
	Nationalist Congress Party	124,583	9.44	3	–2
	Samata Party	109,912	8.33	3	+2
	Communist Party of India	58,102	4.40	5	+5
	Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party	51,916	3.93	2	+2
	Manipur National Conference	53,146	4.03	1	New
	Manipur Peoples Party	40,006	3.03	2	–2
	Janata Dal (United)	2,070	0.16	0	–1
	Naga National Party	630	0.05	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	340	0.03	0	0
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	166	0.01	0	New
	Lok Shakti	45	0.00	0	New
	Independents	4,343	0.33	0	–1
Total		1,320,165	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		1,320,165	99.23
Invalid/blank votes		10,294	0.77
Total votes		1,330,459	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,472,919	90.33
Source: ECI[9]

2007

Main article: 2007 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	507,518	34.30	30	+10
	Manipur Peoples Party	228,670	15.45	5	+3
	Nationalist Congress Party	127,005	8.58	5	+2
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	98,694	6.67	3	New
	Communist Party of India	85,643	5.79	4	–1
	National People's Party	51,192	3.46	3	New
	Manipur State Congress Party	27,505	1.86	0	–7
	Lok Jan Shakti Party	22,233	1.50	0	–2
	Samajwadi Party	13,373	0.90	0	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	12,536	0.85	0	–4
	Janata Dal (Secular)	7,144	0.48	0	New
	Janata Dal (United)	4,333	0.29	0	0
	People's Democratic Alliance	1,508	0.10	0	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,232	0.08	0	0
	Samata Party	861	0.06	0	–3
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	808	0.05	0	New
	Naga National Party	562	0.04	0	0
	All India Forward Bloc	109	0.01	0	New
	Independents	288,661	19.51	10	+10
Total		1,479,587	100.00	60	0
Valid votes		1,479,587	99.97
Invalid/blank votes		373	0.03
Total votes		1,479,960	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,707,204	86.69
Source: ECI[10]

2012

Main article: 2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

← Summary of the 2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results^[11] →

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	592,566	42.4		42	12
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)	237,517	17.0		7	7
	Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP)	117,170	8.4		5	5
	Naga People's Front (NPF)	104,793	7.2		4	4
	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	100,986	7.2		1	4
	Communist Party of India (CPI)	80,798	5.8		0	4
	Manipur People's Party (MPP)	55,975	4.0		0	5
	National People's Party (NPP)	17,301	1.2		0	3
	Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)	7,727	0.6		1	1
	Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)	—			0	3
	Independent	46,023	3.3		0	10
Total			100.00		60	±0

2017

Main article: 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

← Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results^[12]

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Votes	%	±pp	Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress (INC)	582,056	35.1	6.9	28	19
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	601,539	36.3	34.2	21	21
	Naga People's Front (NPF)	118,850	7.2	0.3	4
	National People's Party (NPP)	83,744	5.1	3.9	4	4
	Independents	83,834	5.1	1.8	1	1
	Lok Janshakti Party (LJP)	42,263	2.5	1.9	1
	All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)	23,384	1.4	15.6	1	4
	None of the Above (NOTA)	9,062	0.6	0.6	—
Total		1,657,975	100.00		60	±0
Valid votes		1,657,975	99.96
Invalid votes		691	0.04
Votes cast / turnout		1,658,666	86.63
Abstentions		255,881	13.37
Registered voters		1,914,547

2022

Main article: 2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

Alliance		Party		Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	702,632	37.83	2.73	60	32	11
			National People's Party	321,224	17.29	12.19	39	7	3
	MPSA		Indian National Congress	312,659	16.83	18.57	53	5	23
			Communist Party of India	1,032	0.06	0.68	2	0
			Total	322,691	16.89		54[a]	5
None			Janata Dal (United)	200,100	10.77	New	38	6	New
			Naga People's Front	150,209	8.09	0.89	9	5	1
			Kuki People's Alliance	139,853	7.53		2	2	2
			Independents					3	2
			NOTA		0.56
Total					100			60
Valid votes
Invalid votes
Votes cast/ turnout
Abstentions
Registered voters

1. INC and CPI have a friendly fight in one constituency.

Lok Sabha elections

The elections held in Manipur for Lok Sabha are listed below.^[13]

Year	Lok Sabha election	Inner Manipur		Outer Manipur
1952	1st Lok Sabha		INC		Socialist
1957	2nd Lok Sabha		Socialist		INC
1962	3rd Lok Sabha		INC		Socialist
1967	4th Lok Sabha		CPI		INC
1971	5th Lok Sabha		INC
1977	6th Lok Sabha
1980	7th Lok Sabha		CPI
1984	8th Lok Sabha		INC
1989	9th Lok Sabha
1991	10th Lok Sabha		MPP
1996	11th Lok Sabha		INC
1998	12th Lok Sabha		MSCP		CPI
1999	13th Lok Sabha				NCP
2004	14th Lok Sabha		INC		Independent
2009	15th Lok Sabha				INC
2014	16th Lok Sabha
2019	17th Lok Sabha		BJP		NPF
2024	18th Lok Sabha		INC		INC

See also

• List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly
• Imphal Municipal Corporation