2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

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Elections for the 13th Legislative assembly of Manipur

2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election
Turnout 90.28%
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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Manipur from 28 February to 5 March 2022 in two phases, to elect 60 members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. The results declared on 10 March 2022. The newly constituted assembly was named 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly.

Background[edit]

The tenure of Manipur Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 19 March 2022.[1] The previous assembly elections were held in March 2017. After the election, coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party, National People’s Party, Naga People’s Front and Lok Janshakti Party formed the state government, with N. Biren Singh becoming Chief Minister.[2]

Schedule[edit]

The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022.[3] However, the election dates were postponed from 27 February to 28 February for Phase I, and 3 March to 5 March for Phase II.[4]

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S.No. Poll Event Phase
I II
1. Date for Nominations 1 February 2022 4 February 2022
2. Last Date for filing nomination 8 February 2022 11 February 2022
3. Date for Scrutiny of nomination 9 February 2022 14 February 2022
4. Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination 11 February 2022 16 February 2022
5. Date of Poll 28 February 2022 5 March 2022
6. Date of Counting 10 March 2022

Parties and alliances[edit]

  National Democratic Alliance[edit]

  Manipur Progressive Secular Alliance[edit]

  Naga People’s Front[edit]

  National People’s Party[edit]

Others[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Poll prediction[edit]

Opinion polls[edit]

Date Published Polling agency Lead
INC BJP NPF Others
10 January 2022 ABP News C-Voter[9] 32.6% 35.5% 11.2% 20.7% 2.9%
11 December 2021 ABP News C-Voter[10] 34.3% 37.9% 8.6% 19.2% 3.6%
12 November 2021 ABP News C-Voter[11] 33.1% 38.7% 8.8% 19.4% 5.6%
8 October 2021 ABP News C-Voter[12] 34.5% 35.6% 8.6% 21.3% 1.1%
3 September 2021 ABP News C-Voter[13] 34.5% 40.5% 7.0% 18.0% 6.0%
Date Published Polling agency Lead Remarks
INC BJP NPF Others
10 January 2022 ABP News C-Voter[9] 22-26 23-27 2-6 5-9 0-5 Hung
11 December 2021 ABP News C-Voter[10] 23-27 29-33 2-6 0-2 2-10 Hung
12 November 2021 ABP News C-Voter[11] 20-24 25-29 4-8 3-7 1-9 Hung
8 October 2021 ABP News C-Voter[14] 21-25 26-30 4-8 1-5 1-9 Hung
3 September 2021 ABP News C-Voter[13] 18-22 32-36 2-6 0-4 10-18 BJP majority
10 March 2022 Election results 5 32 5 18 14 NDA majority

Exit polls[edit]

The Election Commission banned the media from publishing exit polls between 7 AM on 10 February 2022 and 6:30 PM on 7 March 2022. Violation of the directive would be punishable with two years of imprisonment.[15] Accordingly the exit polls below were published in the evening of 7 March.

Polling agency Lead Remarks
BJP INC NPP NPF Others
India Today – Axis My India[16] 33-43 4-8 4-8 4-8 0-7 25-39 BJP Majority
India TV – CNX[17] 26-31 12-17 6-10 2-6 3-6 9-19 Hung
ABP News-CVoter[18] 23-27 12-16 10-14 3-7 2-6 7-15 Hung
Republic P-MARQ[19] 27-31 11-17 6-10 5-13 10-20 Hung
Election results 32 5 7 5 11 21 NDA majority

Voter turnout[edit]

Results[edit]

Results by alliance and party[edit]

Vote Share by alliance

  Other (1.6%)

  1. ^ INC and CPI have a friendly fight in one constituency.

Results by district[edit]

Results by constituency[edit]

Incumbent MLA’s are highlighted with background color.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Terms of the Houses”. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  2. ^ “BJPs Biren Singh takes oath as Manipur CM”. Tribuneindia News Service. 15 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. ^ “Assembly elections 2022: Check complete schedule for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Manipur & Punjab”. Hindustan Times. 2022-01-08. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  4. ^ “Manipur Election Dates Revised: 1st Phase On Feb 28, 2nd On March 5”. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m “List of candidates”. ceomanipur.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-02-21.
  6. ^ “Manipur: Congress forms pre-poll alliance with Left-wing political parties”. The Indian Express. 2022-01-28. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. ^ “In run-up to Manipur polls, Congress announces pre-poll alliance with 5 parties”. Hindustan Times. 2022-01-27. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  8. ^ “Assembly Election 2022: From UP To Punjab, Here’s Full List Of District Wise Polls”. IndiaTimes. 2022-01-09. Retrieved 2022-01-09.
  9. ^ a b news, abp (2022-01-10). “सर्वे: मणिपुर में बीजेपी को फिर मिलेगी सत्ता या कांग्रेस का खत्म होगा वनवास? ये कहते हैं आंकड़े”. www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-10.
  10. ^ a b news, abp (2021-12-11). “बीजेपी-कांग्रेस या एनपीएफ, मणिपुर में किसकी बन सकती है सरकार? जानें”. www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  11. ^ a b “ABP News-CVoter Survey: Goa Could Re-Elect BJP With Majority, Manipur To See Close Battle”. news.abplive.com. 2021-11-12. Archived from the original on 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  12. ^ Bureau, ABP News (2021-10-08). “CVoter Survey: BJP Likely To Win Goa & Manipur For Second Consecutive Term In 2022 Elections”. news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  13. ^ a b Bureau, ABP News (2021-09-03). “ABP News Cvoter Survey: BJP Likely To Reign For Second Consecutive Term In Goa & Manipur”. news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  14. ^ Bureau, ABP News (2021-10-08). “CVoter Survey: BJP Likely To Win Goa & Manipur For Second Consecutive Term In 2022 Elections”. news.abplive.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
  15. ^ “EC bans exit polls in five election-bound states between February 10 and March 7”. Scroll.in. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  16. ^ N, Sumana; DelhiMarch 7, y New. “India Today – Axis My India Exit Poll predicts BJP win in Manipur with 33-43 seats”. India Today. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  17. ^ Joshi, Poorva (7 March 2022). “Exit Poll 2022: BJP to retain power with comfortable majority in Manipur, says Ground Zero research”. www.indiatvnews.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  18. ^ Bureau, ABP News (7 March 2022). “ABP News-CVoter Manipur Exit Poll 2022: BJP Is Single Largest, Congress Could Be 10 Seats Down”. news.abplive.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  19. ^ “P-MARQ Exit Poll Results 2022 Live, Assembly Election Latest News and Updates at News18”. News18. Retrieved 8 March 2022.



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