Manipur Election 2022: Congress announces full list of candidates
Manipur, January 23: The Congress has released its first list of 40 candidates for the Manipur assembly elections 2022. The party has fielded former chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh from the Thoubal assembly seat. Singh was the chief minister of Manipur for three consecutive terms – from 2002 to 2017.
Former deputy chief minister and former president of Manipur Pradesh Congress Gaikhangam will be contesting from Nungba (ST) assembly seat. Former Speaker of Manipur Legislative Assembly Thokchom Lokeshwar Singh has been fielded by the party from his Khundrakpam assembly constituency.
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Ratankumar Singh, who was recently appointed, working president of Manipur Congress, will contest from Mayang Imphal seat.
After the 2017 Assembly polls, a coalition of BJP, National People’s Party (NPP), Naga People’s Front and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) formed the government and is led by N Biren Singh. The tenure of the Manipur Legislative Assembly, which consists of 60 members, is scheduled to end on March 19, 2022.
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Polling for the 60-member Manipur assembly will be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3 and the results will be out on March 10. In the first phase, polling will be held for 38 constituencies.
-PTC News
