Legislative Assembly elections were held in

Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...

from 28 February to 5 March 2022 in two phases, to elect 60 members of the

Manipur Legislative Assembly The Manipur Legislative Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Manipur. See also *Vidhan Sabha *List of districts of Manipur *State governments of India *List of ...

. The results declared on 10 March 2022. The newly constituted assembly was named 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly.

Background

The tenure of

is scheduled to end on 19 March 2022. The previous assembly elections were held in March 2017. After the election, coalition of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, National People's Party,

Naga People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NP ...

and

Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...

formed the

state government A state government is the government that controls a subdivision of a country in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or ...

, with N. Biren Singh becoming

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Schedule

The election schedule was announced by the

Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body. It was established by the Constitution of India to conduct and regulate elections in the country. Article 324 of the Constitution provides that the power of superintendence, di ...

on 8 January 2022. However, the election dates were postponed from 27 February to 28 February for Phase I, and 3 March to 5 March for Phase II.

Parties and alliances

Others

Candidates

Poll prediction

Opinion polls

Exit polls

The Election Commission banned the media from publishing

exit polls An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. A similar poll conducted before actual voters have voted is called an entrance poll. Pollsters – usually private companies working for ...

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. Accordingly the exit polls below were published in the evening of 7 March.

Background

Schedule

Parties and alliances

Others

Candidates

Poll prediction

Opinion polls

Exit polls

Voter turnout

Results

Results by alliance and party

Results by district

Results by constituency

See also

References