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By-elections for Five state assembly constituencies were held in Manipur on 7 November 2020. [1] [2]
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By-elections for Five state assembly constituencies were held in Manipur on 7 November 2020. [1] [2]
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]
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 |
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| 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 |
| S.No | Assembly Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Poll On | |||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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