Chungkhokai Doungel (1940/1941 – 21 May 2023) was an Indian politician. Doungel was a prominent Kuki leader, and served as Minister in different coalition governments in the state of

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 ...

.''The Telegraph''.
7-party alliance backs NCP
' Doungel and his sons survived various assassination attempts. He limped after having suffered an injury to his leg. His wife was blinded by a bomb sent to her on 7 July 1995. Doungel was fielded by the NCP as its candidate in the Outer Manipur seat in the

2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

. His candidature was supported by seven parties from the

Left and Secular Alliance The Left and Secular Alliance was a pre-poll alliance of political parties in the Indian state of Manipur. The alliance was formed ahead of the 2014 Indian general election by ten political parties as an alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party ...

; the

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

, the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

, the Revolutionary Socialist Party, the

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

, the

Janata Dal (Secular) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

, the

Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

and the

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), alon ...

. The NCP organized the launching ceremony of Doungel's election campaign at his private residence Sanjenthong. Amongst the other political parties that took part in the ceremony were the CPI and CPI(M). Doungel died on 21 May 2023, at the age of 82.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doungel, Chungkhokai 1940s births Year of birth uncertain 2023 deaths Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Nationalist Congress Party politicians from Manipur