Manipur Election Results live update 2022: The counting of votes polled in the Manipur elections is set to start at 8 am on Thursday, March 10. Exit polls have mostly predicted that the BJP would be emerging as the single-largest party in Manipur. The ruling BJP and its two estranged allies — National People’s Party (NPP) and Naga People’s Front (NPF) — fought the elections separately. In the 2017 election, the Congress won 28 seats and the BJP 21. But the latter stitched an alliance with the NPP, NPF and other smaller parties to form the government.Catch all the live updates here
With this, we wrap up today's LIVE updates on Manipur Assembly election results.
Manipur polls: BJP wins 27 seats in 60-member House, leads in 5
The BJP looked all set to return to power in insurgency-hit Manipur, with the party bagging 27 seats in the 60-member Assembly and leading in five other constituencies, according to the latest data on the Election Commission website. The NPP, which is a part of the incumbent government, and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) bagged as many as six seats each, the data available at 7.30 pm revealed. The NPP is also ahead in one assembly segment. The Naga People's Front, also a part of the ruling coalition, and the Congress pocketed five constituencies each. The Kuki People's Alliance has won two seats. Three independents have bagged one seat each.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh dances with party leaders at the BJP office in Imphal
"I thank the people of Manipur. I thank our national leaders PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda for guiding us, and due to that, we've won in Manipur. Victory in Goa, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh shows PM Modi's mantra of 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas'." Manipur CM N Biren Singh
BJP Manipur filed a complaint against workers of Congress for assaulting BJP workers and restraining polling agents from entering the booths in Assembly Constituency of 34 Wangjing Tentha.
Manipur Elections results 2022: Firecrackers being burst at BJP office in Imphal, celebrating the party's performance
Manipur polls results 2022: BJP wins 16 seats, leads in 13
The ruling BJP coalition looked set to return to power in the insurgency-hit state of Manipur, as it bagged 16 seats and was leading in 13 other constituencies, as per the latest ECI data. Chief Minister N Biren Singh defeated his nearest Congress rival P Saratchandra Singh by 18,271 votes in Heingang seat. The BJP secured 37.5 per cent votes counted so far, while the Congress stood second with 16.53 per cent votes and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) came third with 16.48 per cent votes. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD (U) gave an impressive performance in the Manipur assembly elections, bagging five seats and leading in two constituencies. It had not won any seat in the 2017 polls in the northeastern state.
Official EC trends for ManipurElections | BJP wins 15 seats and leads in 14, Congress wins 3 and leads in 1, Janata Dal (United) wins 5 & leads in 2.