Manipur assembly election, Feb 2000

The 8th Manipur legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

31 needed for a majority

Largest party

MSCP

23 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

401

14 women, 1 elected

Turnout

88.99%

12.6 lakh of 14.2 lakh

The house

60 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

MSCP23
INC11
BJP6
FPM6
NCP5
MPP4
SAP1
IND1
Others3

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Manipur assembly election (1995)

MPP

-14

INC

-11

BJP

FPM

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
MSCP MSCP	23	—	57	27.4%	3,31,141	26.28%	—	15
INC Indian National Congress	11	-11	47	22.9%	2,30,748	18.31%	-10.34	16
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	6	+5	39	18.3%	1,42,174	11.28%	+7.93	22
FPM FPM	6	+4	39	13.8%	1,18,916	9.44%	+4.52	23
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	5	—	41	11.5%	99,128	7.87%	—	34
MPP MPP	4	-14	29	16.4%	99,487	7.89%	-15.78	13
SAP SAP	1	-1	36	10.6%	84,215	6.68%	+0.50	26
IND Independent	1	-2	48	3.5%	37,875	3.01%	-4.72	45
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	1	—	15	7.5%	23,037	1.83%	—	14
JD(U)JD(U)	1	—	18	6.0%	22,576	1.79%	—	16
JD(S)JD(S)	1	—	8	12.9%	19,945	1.58%	—	6
CPI Communist Party of India	0	-2	15	14.3%	45,309	3.60%	-1.99	7
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	0	0	4	5.4%	3,783	0.30%	+0.10	4
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	—	3	1.1%	1,050	0.08%	—	3
KNA KNA	0	0	1	2.2%	690	0.06%	-0.19	1
NPP NPP	0	-2	1	0.1%	17	0.00%	-2.65	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Manipur at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of Feb 2000

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
SAIKUL	Manipur	NCPCHUNGKHOKAI DOUNGEL	FPMJOHNSON KEISHING	10,90540.69%
KANGPOKPI	Manipur	NCPTHANGMINLIEN KIPGEN	INCRANJIT GURUNG	9,13339.53%
JIRIBAM	Manipur	MSCPASHANGBAM BIREN	INCTHOUDAM DEBENDRA	5,47329.73%
UKHRUL	Manipur	BJPD. SHAIZA	INCA.S. ARTHUR	6,02928.82%
TAMEI	Manipur	MSCPMANGAIBOU	FPMATHUAN ABONMAI	5,58025.13%
MAO	Manipur	INCM. THOHRII	MSCPSOSO LORHO	9,33623.74%
THANLON	Manipur	MSCPSONGCHINKHUP	SAPC. THAN	3,53523.06%
TAMENGLONG	Manipur	MSCPSAMUEL JENDAI	SAPKHANGTHUANANG PANMEI	3,21118.86%
OINAM	Manipur	MSCPDR. YUMNAM JITEN	NCPLAISHRAM RADHAKISHWOR SINGH	3,36418.65%
KHURAI	Manipur	MSCPNINGTHOUJAM BIHARI SINGH	MPPTHOIDINGJAM JOGIMOHON	3,91318.38%

Closest results of Feb 2000

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
TIPAIMUKH	Manipur	NCPNGURSANGLUR	INCDR. CHALTONLIEN	140.12%
KHANGABO	Manipur	MPPLAISHRAM JATRA SINGH	INCOKRAM IBOBI SINGH	520.23%
TADUBI	Manipur	FPMK. RAINA	INCFRANCIS NGAJOKPA	1010.31%
THANGA	Manipur	MSCPHEISNAM SANAYAIMA SINGH	BJPHAOBIJAM KANGJAMBA SINGH	560.36%
KUMBI	Manipur	MSCPSANASAM BIR SINGH	CPININGTHOUJAM MANGI	790.43%
MAYANG IMPHAL	Manipur	INCKHUMUJAM AMUTOMBI SINGH	MSCPMEINAM NILCHANDRA SINGH	950.55%
SAITU	Manipur	FPMHAOKHOLET KIPGEN	MSCPNGAMTHANG HAOKIP	1860.62%
LAMSANG	Manipur	MSCPSOROKHAIBAM RAJEN SINGH	BJPWANGKHEIMAYUM BRAJABIDHU SINGH	1620.81%
SEKMAI	Manipur	BJPKHWAIRAKPAM CHANDRA	MSCPNINGTHOUJAM BIREN	1360.81%
LILONG	Manipur	NCPALLAUDIN	INCDR. MD. MANIRUDDIN SHAIKH	1530.83%

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Manipur assembly election, Feb 2000?

MSCP won 23 of 60 seats, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Manipur assembly election, Feb 2000?

Turnout was 88.99% — 12.6 lakh of 14.2 lakh registered electors voted.

How many candidates contested the Manipur assembly election, Feb 2000?

401 candidates contested 60 seats.