imphal for akoijam mirabai who emerged victorious in the 10th manipur assembly polls on a congress ticket from the prestigious patsoi constituency in imphal west empowering women in her primary target she emerged winner after defeating her nearest rival sapam kunjakeshor singh of the trinamool congress by a margin of 5547 votes former deputy chief and manipur peoples party mpp leader l chandramani singh remained in the third position in the fivecornered fight in the 60member assembly the ruling congress grabbed a record 42 seats mirabai and chief minister okram ibobi singhs legislator wife landhoni devi are the two victorious congress women candidates among successful party nominees this time three women candidates the third being nemcha kipgen representing manipur state congress party mscp from kukidominated kangpokpi constituency in senapati district have won for the first time in the state unlike other women candidates who won by virtue of being the wives of political icon husbands mirabai and nemcha fought and succeeded single handedly ive been doing social work for a long time and ill continue to do so im so happy with my success after i abortively fought for three consecutive terms this is the true verdict given by the people of patsoi after recognizing my unrelenting work for the betterment of society said mirabai 51 being a legislator my priority is to emphasize women empowerment she added she said women in the state play a pivotal role to safeguard society and enhance economy but no specific policy has been framed for women this being the case ill make all efforts to make womenfriendly economic development in the state she added she said her next target is overall development of patsoi constituency stating that she was closely associated with rajiv gandhi she added i learnt many good ideas to work for the betterment of people from the late prime minister okram landhoni who won from khagabok constituency in thoubal district for the second consecutive term said she would work to improve law and order in the state besides empowering womens status she also vowed to work to enhance power supplymanipur assembly elections 2012elections 2012 news