Elections in Manipur
# 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

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 | Total | 312,015 | 100.00 | 30 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 312,015 | 82.00 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 68,505 | 18.00 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 380,520 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 468,707 | 81.19 | |
| Source: ECI |||||

### 1972

| | 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 | Total | 451,948 | 100.00 | 60 | +30 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 451,948 | 97.89 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 9,744 | 2.11 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 461,692 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 608,403 | 75.89 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 1974

| | 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 | Total | 596,421 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 596,421 | 97.91 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 12,701 | 2.09 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 609,122 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 719,971 | 84.60 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 1980

| | 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 | Total | 731,023 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 731,023 | 97.55 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 18,381 | 2.45 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 749,404 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 909,268 | 82.42 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 1984

| | 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 | Total | 864,507 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 864,507 | 97.70 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 20,362 | 2.30 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 884,869 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,013,680 | 87.29 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 1990

| Party | 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 | Total | 989,987 | 100.00 | 54 | –6 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 989,987 | 98.90 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,997 | 1.10 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,000,984 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,112,853 | 89.95 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 1995

| Party | 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 | Total | 1,169,188 | 100.00 | 60 | +6 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,169,188 | 98.83 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 13,868 | 1.17 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,183,056 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,160,690 | 101.93 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 2000

| Party | 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 | Total | 1,260,091 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,260,091 | 99.07 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 11,849 | 0.93 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,271,940 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,415,933 | 89.83 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 2002

| Party | 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 | Total | 1,320,165 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,320,165 | 99.23 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 10,294 | 0.77 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,330,459 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,472,919 | 90.33 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 2007

| Party | 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 | Total | 1,479,587 | 100.00 | 60 | 0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,479,587 | 99.97 | | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 373 | 0.03 | | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 1,479,960 | 100.00 | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,707,204 | 86.69 | | |
| Source: ECI ||||||

### 2012

← Summary of the 2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results → :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | | 100.00 | | 60 | ±0 |

### 2017

← Summary of the 4–8 March 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election results :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | 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 | Total | 1,657,975 | 100.00 | | 60 | ±0 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 1,657,975 | 99.96 | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 691 | 0.04 | | | |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 1,658,666 | 86.63 | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 255,881 | 13.37 | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,914,547 | | | | |

### 2022

| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | Popular vote | Popular vote | Popular vote | Seats | Seats | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alliance | Alliance | Party | Party | 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 |
| | MPSA | | Communist Party of India | 1,032 | 0.06 | 0.68 | 2 | 0 | |
| | MPSA | | Total | 322,691 | 16.89 | | 54 | 5 | |
| None | None | | Janata Dal (United) | 200,100 | 10.77 | New | 38 | 6 | New |
| None | None | | Naga People's Front | 150,209 | 8.09 | 0.89 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| None | None | | Kuki People's Alliance | 139,853 | 7.53 | | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| None | None | | Independents | | 7.53 | | | 3 | 2 |
| None | None | | NOTA | | 0.56 | | | | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | | 100 | | | 60 | |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | Valid votes | | | | | | |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | Invalid votes | | | | | | |
| Votes cast/ turnout | Votes cast/ turnout | Votes cast/ turnout | Votes cast/ turnout | | | | | | |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | Abstentions | | | | | | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | | | | | | |

* ↑ INC and CPI have a friendly fight in one constituency.

## Lok Sabha elections

The elections held in Manipur for Lok Sabha are listed below.

| Year | Lok Sabha election | Inner Manipur | Outer Manipur |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1952 | First Lok Sabha | INC | Socialist |
| 1957 | Second Lok Sabha | Socialist | INC |
| 1962 | Third Lok Sabha | INC | Socialist |
| 1967 | Fourth Lok Sabha | CPI | INC |
| 1971 | Fifth Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 1977 | Sixth Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 1980 | Seventh Lok Sabha | CPI | INC |
| 1984 | Eighth Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 1989 | Ninth Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 1991 | Tenth Lok Sabha | MSCP | INC |
| 1996 | Eleventh Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 1998 | Twelfth Lok Sabha | MSCP | CPI |
| 1999 | Thirteenth Lok Sabha | BJP | NCP |
| 2004 | 14th Lok Sabha | INC | Independent |
| 2009 | 15th Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 2014 | 16th Lok Sabha | INC | INC |
| 2019 | 17th Lok Sabha | BJP | NPF |
