The Manipur Peoples Party (MPP) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

in the

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n state of

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

. MPP was founded on 26 December 1968 by a group of dissidents from the

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. At the February 2007 Manipur state elections, the party received 5 of the 60 seats

Currently, it is a part of the

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; the front consists of political parties in the northeast which has supported the

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List of chief ministers

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List of chief ministers

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