Wangkhei Assembly constituency

Wangkhei is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Manipur state in India.^[3]

Wangkhei
Constituency No. 15 for the Manipur Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Manipur
District	Imphal East
Lok Sabha constituency	Inner Manipur
Established	1967[1]
Total electors	37,235[2]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
12th Manipur Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Thangjam Arunkumar
Party	Janata Dal (United)
Elected year	2022

It is part of Imphal East district.

Birth and extent of the constituency

Wangkhei was created for the first legislative assembly election in Manipur, in 1967.^[1] As of the latest delimitation in 2007, it comprises Ward Nos. 21, 22, 23 and 26 in Imphal municipality.^[4]

Wangkhei is the 15th among 60 assembly constituencies of Manipur. It consists of 50 parts namely: 1 - Mantri Pukhri West (A), 2 - Mantri Pukhri West (B), 3 - Mantri Pukhri East (A), 4 - Mantri Pukhri East (B), 5 - Chingmeirong Nongchup(A), 6 - Chingmeirong Nongchup(B), 7 - Chingmeirong Nongpok (A), 8 - Chingmeirong Nongpok (B), 9 - Chingmeirong Nongpok(B-1), 10 - Chingmeirong Nongpok (C), 11 - Kabo Leikai Nongpok (A), 12 - Kabo Leikai Nongpok (B), 13 - Kabo Leikai Nongpok (C), 14 - Kabo Leikai Nongpok (D), 15 - Kabo Leikai Nongpok (E), 16 - Golapati (North), 17 - Golapati (South), 18 - Nongpok Ingkhol (C), 19 - Nongpok Ingkhol (D), 20 - Nongpok Ingkhol (A), 21 - Nongpok Ingkhol (B), 22 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai, 23 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (E), 24 - Nongpok Ingkhol(F-2), 25 - New Chekon (A), 26 - New Chekon (B), 27 - Hafiz Hatta, 28 - Konjeng Poila Leikai, 29 - Telipati (A), 30 - Telipati (B), 31 - Khurai Thoudam Leikai (A), 32 - Khurai Thoudam Leikai (B), 33 - Khurai Thangjam Leikai (A), 34 - Khurai Thangjam Leikai (B), 35 - Khurai Thangjam Leikai (C), 36 - Khurai Thangjam Leikai (D), 37 - Khurai Ahongei Leikai (A), 38 - Khurai Ahongei Leikai, 39 - Khurai Soibam Leikai (A), 40 - Khurai Soibam Leikai (B), 41 - Khurai Soibam Leikai (C), 42 - Khurai Soibam Leikai (D), 43 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (A), 44 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (A-1), 45 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (B), 46 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (B-1), 47 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (C), 48 - Wangkheirakpam Leikai (D), 49 - Wangkhei Angom Leikai (A), and 50 - Wangkhei Angom Leikai (B).^[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
1980	Yumkham Erabot Singh		Janata Party
1984			Indian National Congress
1990	Dr. Haobam Borobabu Singh		Manipur Peoples Party
1995	Yumkham Erabot Singh		Indian National Congress
2000	Dr. Haobam Borobabu Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2002	Yumkham Erabot Singh		Manipur State Congress Party
2007			Indian National Congress
2012
2017	Okram Henry Singh[6][a]
	Yumkham Erabot Singh[7]		Bharatiya Janata Party
2022	Thangjam Arunkumar[8]		Janata Dal (United)

1. Okram Henry Singh's election was declared null and void by the High Court of Manipur.^[7]

Election results

2017

Okram Henry Singh was declared as the winner in 2017, but on 15 April 2021, the Manipur High Court declared the election result as null and void. It also declared that Yumkham Erabot Singh was the MLA of the Wangkhei constituency.^[7]

Manipur Legislative Assembly Election, 2017: Wangkhei^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Okram Henry Singh	16,753
	BJP	Yumkham Erabot Singh	12,417
	AITC	Rajkumar Priyobarta Singh	341
	NOTA	None of the Above	149
Majority			4,336	14.62
Turnout			29,660	84.95
Registered electors			34,914

See also

• List of constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly
• Imphal East district