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maniPur eLectionS 2022
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“Thank you, Manipur! The his-
Imphal toric victory that we have achieved
today is a testament of the people’s
he Bharatiya Janata Party faith in the dynamic leadership of
(BJP) has secured a majority Prime Minister Narendra Modi
tin Manipur Assembly elec- and citizen-centric governance. My
tions reducing other parties to single heartiest congratulations to all the
digits and will now form the govern- Karyakartas of BJP,” tweeted Singh.
ment in the state for the second con- In 2017, the BJP stunned the
secutive term. Congress which ruled for 15 years
In the elections, the BJP went in Manipur as it emerged as the sec-
solo this time and contested all seats ond-largest party winning 21 seats in
alone. It won 32 seats out of 60 in the 60-member state Assembly.
Manipur, Congress bagged five seats The National People’s Par-
and the National People’s Party has ty (NPP) and Naga People’s Front
won seven seats. Other parties in- (NPF) bagged four seats each while
cluding the Janata Dal (United) BJP’s Sapam Ranjan Singh with office-bearers and party leaders show victory sign after the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) man-
won six seats and the Naga People’s winning the Manipur Assembly elections, at Party office in Imphal on Thursday (ANI) aged to secure only one constituen-
Front (5) The Kuki People’s Alli- cy. The BJP bagged 36.28 per cent
ance (2) and Independents bagged vote share while Congress received
three seats. BJP secured 37.83 per 35.11 per cent of the total vote.
cent vote share, Congress 16.83 per Later, the BJP stitched a coa-
cent, National People’s Party 17.3 lition with the NPP, NPF, and LJP
per cent, Janata Dal (United) 10.77 to form the government under the
per cent, Naga People’s Front 8.1 per leadership of Biren Singh.
cent and the other parties bagged Following Bharatiya Janata Par-
7.53 per cent vote share. ty’s (BJP) victory in Manipur, Chief
Congress has formed an alliance Minister N Biren Singh on Friday
of six political parties and named it said the party will not make any coa-
Manipur Progressive Secular Alli- lition with the National People’s Par-
ance (MPSA). The coalition part- ty (NPP) in the state.
ners in MPSA include Congress, “BJP has got a full majority (32
Communist Party of India (CPI), seats) in Manipur. We are not going
Communist Party of India (Marxist), to make any coalition with NPP. NPF
Forward Bloc, Revolutionary Social- maybe and some independent can-
ist Party (RSP) and Janata Dal (Sec- didates also expressed their willing-
ular). ness to support us. The decision will
Chief Minister N Biren Singh be taken in consultation with central
has won by a margin of 24,814 votes leaders,” said Singh. “I submitted
from the Heingang constituency, de- my resignation to the Governor but
feating Congress candidate Pangei- he told me to continue until the new
jam Saratchandra Singh. government is sworn in. Our Assem-
Prominent Congress leader Na- Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh with State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in-charge bly will last up to March 19 so the
meirakpam Loken Singh lost to BJP Sambit Patra at Shree Govindajee Temple to pay obeisance on the day of the votes counting for swearing-in ceremony will happen
candidate T Basanta Kumar Singh Manipur Assembly elections, in Imphal on Thursday. (ANI Photo) accordingly,” he added.
from Nambol Constituency by a BJP has secured a majority in
margin of 3060 votes. Nemcha Kip- Manipur, the first time the party has
gen of BJP has won from Kangpok- nipur Chief Minister said that the will decide on Chief Minister face, done so, reducing other parties to
pi constituency by a margin of 5396 Bharatiya Janata Party will take time we will focus on Prime Minister Nar- single digits.
votes. to stake a claim to form a govern- endra Modi’s mantra of inclusive de- The party won 32 of 60 seats in
Congress leader Okram Ibo- ment, adding that central leaders of velopment,” Biren Singh said. Manipur. Congress bagged five seats
bi Singh won by 15085 votes from the party will decide the Chief Min- He further said that the BJP’s and the NPP won seven seats. Jana-
the Thoubal constituency seat. He ister. historic victory in Manipur is a testa- ta Dal (United) won six seats, Naga
fought against BJP’s Leitanthem “We will take time to stake a ment to the people’s faith in the dy- People’s Front bagged five and the
Basanta Singh. claim to form a government, let the namic leadership of Prime Minister Kuki People’s Alliance got two seats.
After securing a win, the Ma- results be out. Our national leaders Narendra Modi and citizen-centric Independents bagged three seats.

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