2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly Election: Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Dates Schedule List
Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Dates List – The Legislative assembly election would be held in two phases in Manipur from 27 February, 2022 to 3 March, 2022. The parties would contest for 60 seats in the election. The last elections were held in 2017 with BJP leading the coalition government in Manipur. N.Biren Singh is the current chief minister, and the party’s ruling would end on 19 March, 2022.
Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Dates List – 2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly Election
The election dates for both phases are:
Phase 1
Notification Date: 1 February, 2022
Nomination Last Date: 8 February, 2022
Scrutiny of Nomination: 9 February, 2022
Candidate Withdrawal Last Date: 16 February, 2022
Polling Date: 27 February, 2022
Phase 2
Notification Date: 4 February, 2022
Nomination Last Date: 11 February, 2022
Scrutiny of Nomination: 14 February, 2022
Candidate Withdrawal Last Date: 16 February, 2022
Polling Date: 3 March, 2022
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The polling results would be declared on March 10, 2022.
The state has 60 constituencies:
40 – General AC
1 – SC (Scheduled Castes) AC
19 – ST (Scheduled Tribes) AC
Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Dates List
Current Government
In 2017, NDA formed a coalition government with BJP taking the lead. The government was formed with the following alliances:
BJP+ – 29 seats
NPF (Naga People’s Front) – 5 seats
NPP (National People’s Party) – 3 seats
IND – 1 seat
Indian National Congress is the opposition party. Although INC emerged as the largest single party with 28 seats in 2017, BJP was able to form the government with its alliances. Currently, INC has 14 legislators and BJP (own) has 26 legislators, with MLAs switching parties during the tenure.
The tenure of the current government would end on 19 March, 2022.
Manipur Assembly Elections 2022: Parties
The following parties would contest for Manipur’s 60 constituencies in 2022 assembly elections:
Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led by N.Biren Singh
Indian National Congress (INC) led by Okram Ibobi Singh
Naga People’s Front (NPF) led by Lossi Dikho
National People’s Party (NPP) led by N Kayisii
Communist Party of India led by L.Sotin Kumar
Communist Party of India (Marxist) led by K.Santa
All India Forward Bloc led by K.A. Mangang
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Manipur Assembly Election 2022 Dates List
All India Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party are also expected to contest the elections.
The ruling party BJP has already begun its polling campaign while the opposition party INC is also gearing up for the campaign.
However, due to the COVID surge, Election Commission has banned all rallies till 15th January.
Manipur Assembly Elections 2022: Electoral Data
• The elections would be contested for 60 constituencies.
• The total number of voters in the state are 20,34,966
• The number of male voters is 9,85,119.
• The number of female voters is 10,49,639.
• The number of third-gender voters is 208.
• Phase 1 would include polling in 38 constituencies.
• Phase 2 would include polling in 22 constituencies.
