2020 Manipur Legislative Assembly by-elections

2020 Manipur Legislative Assembly by-elections

November 2020
5 assembly constituencies
Majority party Minority party   Leader N. Biren Singh Unknown Party BJP Independents Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Heingang Seats won 28 21 Seat change 4 1 Swing
Elected Chief Minister TBD

By-elections for Five state assembly constituencies were held in Manipur on 7 November 2020. ^{[1] [2]}

Background

Thirteen seats of the Manipur Legislative Assembly fell vacant after disqualification and mass resignation of Congress MLAs ^{[3] [4]} after which thirteen seats fell vacant. ^[5]

On 10 November 2020, the election of one of these disqualified MLAs (Yengkhom Surchandra Singh, from the Kakching constituency) was declared null and void by the Manipur High Court; as a result, the BJP candidate in that election, who had come in second place, replaced Singh as MLA, so that the number of vacant seats went down to 12. ^[6]

Schedule

The first phase of the by-elections for 5 constituencies of the Manipur Legislative Assembly has been announced. ^{[7] [8]}

Event	Date [9] [7]	Day
Date for Nominations	13 October 2020	Tuesday
Last Date for filing Nominations	20 October 2020	Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	21 October 2020	Wednesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	23 October 2020	Friday
Date of poll	7 November 2020	Saturday
Date of counting	10 November 2020	Tuesday
Date before which the election shall be completed	12 November 2020	Thursday

Result

S.No	Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner-up				Margin	Poll On
	No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes
1	22	Wangoi	Oinam Lukhoi Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	10,960	Khuraijam Loken Singh		National People's Party	10,703	257	7 November 2020
2	30	Lilong	Y. Antas Khan		Independent	17,106	Mohd. Abdul Nasir		Independent	14,028	3,078
3	34	Wangjing Tentha	Paonam Brojen Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	15,147	Moirangthem Hemanta Singh		Indian National Congress	13,587	1,560
4	51	Saitu	Ngamthang Haokip		Bharatiya Janata Party	24,549	Lamtinthang Haokip		Indian National Congress	12,292	12,257
5	60	Singhat	Ginsuanhau Zou		Bharatiya Janata Party	Uncontested

See also

• 2020 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-elections

References

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6. Vangamla Salle K S (5 November 2020). "Manipur: BJP's M Rameshwor Singh is new MLA of Kakching AC". EastMojo. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
7. "Manipur: Two Assembly seats to go for by-poll on November 7". The Indian Express. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
8. "Schedule for bye-elections [sic] to fill casual vacancies in Legislative Assembly of Manipur – Regarding". Election Commission of India . 5 October 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
9. "Bypolls to 56 Assembly constituencies, 1 Lok Sabha seat on November 3, 7". The Hindu. 29 September 2020. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 29 September 2020.