The 2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election was held in

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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 ...

in Feb-March 2012, to elect 60 members to the

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Results

The Voter turnout was 79.19%.

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won majority of the seats. Incumbent

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Okram Ibobi Singh was re-elected for the post. In 2014, the

Manipur State Congress Party Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) is a former political party in the Indian state of Manipur. The party was founded in 1997 by Wahengbam Nipamacha as a split from the Indian National Congress (INC). In 2014 the MCSP remerged with the INC. Hi ...

(MSCP) merged with the

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which raised the number of INC MLAs to 47.

Results by constituency

The list of winners and runners-up in each constituency are given below:

References

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