imphal hordes of political heavyweights including ncp manipur unit president and opposition leader radhabinod koijam had to bite the dust as new giant killers pushed them down to the ground changing the political map of manipur as the results of the states 10th assembly election were declared on tuesday two congress ministers l jayantakumar singh and d d thaisii and legislator bijoy koijam also suffered a big setback in the polls though the ruling party has so far won a whopping 37 seats in the 60seat assembly enough to form the government comfortably for the third consecutive term koijam also the former chief minister was beaten by trinmool congress tmc nominee khumukcham joykishan singh in thangmeiband constituency in imphal west by a margin of 984 votes leaders of some opposition parties including ncp had even projected koijam for the chief ministerial post my victory is the victory of the people ill continue to work for the welfare of my constituency in particular and the state in general said a jubilant joykishan who has been doing social work in the constituency for the last five years ncp is one of the key constituent members of the peoples democratic alliance pda the prepoll opposition front formed by 11 noncongress parties to defeat the ruling congress veteran manipur peoples party mpp leader o joy singh who has won the langthalbal seat in imphal west seven times in the past was left dejected after his nearest rival karam shyam of the lok jan shakti party routed him out of the constituency with a margin of 1035 votes v alexander pao a nominee of the nagalandbased naga peoples front npf defeated education minister d d thaisii of the congress in karong constituency in the nagadominated senapati district in the prestigious sagolband constituency in the heart of imphal r k imo a young nominee of the manipur state congress party mscp defeated congress legislator kh loken singh imo is the son of the late chief minister r k jaichandra singh who was also the union mos for youth affairs and sports during prime minisetr rajiv gandhis tenure karam thamarjit of mscp who lost to rival congress candidate md allaudin khan in the 2007 assembly polls by just two votes this time defeated allaudin by 1450 votes a sainik school alumnus and a former key post holder in a prestigious multinational corporation thamarjit is one of the young candidates fielded by the mscp meanwhile ncps nominee l ibomcha singh defeated his nearest rival congress minister l jayantakumar in keishamthong constituency in imphal west congress legislator and deputy chairman of the state planning commission bijoy koijam was pulled down by young tmc nominee th bishwajit singh in thongju constituencymanipur assembly elections 2012 elections 2012 news