2009 Indian general election in Manipur

The 2009 Indian general election in Manipur, occurred for 2 seats in the state.

Candidates of the Indian National Congress triumphed in the election to both the Parliamentary constituencies with Dr Thokchom Meinya Singh retaining the Inner seat and Thangso Baite wresting the Outer Parliamentary seat from Mani Charenamei of the People's Democratic Alliance. After completion of counting of votes cast by the electorates of Manipur in the 15th Lok Sabha elections, Dr Meinya defeated his nearest rival Dr Moirangthem Nara Singh of CPI by 40,960 votes with Thangso Baite favoured by voters compared to votes cast for Charenamei. Thangso Baite's victory margin by votes over Charenamei is also more than the figure of defeat suffered by the Congress candidate to the same rival in the previous poll.

Parties and alliances

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh2

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyR. K. Ranjan Singh2

Results Results by Party Party Name Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− INC 5,75,393 42.96 28.08 2 2 1 PDA 2,24,719 16.78 1 0 CPI 1,99,916 14.93 4.82 1 0 BJP 1,27,146 9.49 11.16 2 0 MPP 1,01,787 7.60 0.16 1 0 NCP 79,849 5.96 4.41 1 0 RJD 4,859 0.36 1 0 LJP 1,252 0.09 1 0 RBCP 1,290 0.10 1 0 IND 23,188 1.73 20.73 5 0 1 Total 13,39,399 100% - 16 2 -

Constituency wise ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Inner ManipurDr. Thokchom MeinyaINC230,87639.59Moirangthem NaraCPI199,91634.2830,9605.312Outer ManipurThangso BaiteINC344,51745.56Mani CharenameiPDA224,71929.72119,79815.84

Assembly Seat wise leads ConstituencyWinnerRunner-upMargin#NameCandidatePartyVotesCandidatePartyVotesInner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency1KhundrakpamThokchom Meinya10,393Moirangthem Nara4,575 5,8182HeingangThokchom Meinya7,930Moirangthem Nara6,013 1,9173KhuraiMoirangthem Nara6,504Thokchom Meinya5,671 8334KshetrigaoMoirangthem Nara9,745Thokchom Meinya7,670 2,0755ThongjuMoirangthem Nara10,142Thokchom Meinya5,143 4,9996KeiraoThokchom Meinya8,326Moirangthem Nara6,790 1,5367AndroThokchom Meinya16,280Moirangthem Nara4,277 12,0038LamlaiMoirangthem Nara8,338Thokchom Meinya6,438 1,9009ThangmeibandThokchom Meinya4,954Moirangthem Nara4,095 85910UripokMoirangthem Nara5,753Thokchom Meinya3,873 1,88011SagolbandThokchom Meinya5,965Moirangthem Nara4,924 1,04112KeishamthongThokchom Meinya7,904Moirangthem Nara6,638 1,26613SingjameiMoirangthem Nara6,656Thokchom Meinya2,626 4,03014YaiskulMoirangthem Nara5,909Thokchom Meinya3,827 2,08215WangkheiThokchom Meinya7,932Moirangthem Nara6,919 1,01316Sekmai (ST)Moirangthem Nara5,956Thokchom Meinya4,275 1,68117LamsangThokchom Meinya8,055Moirangthem Nara6,849 1,20618KonthoujamThokchom Meinya7,149Moirangthem Nara5,527 1,62219PatsoiThokchom Meinya7,293Moirangthem Nara7,227 6620LangthabalMoirangthem Nara6,341Thounaojam Chaoba5,817 52421Naoriya PakhanglakpaMoirangthem Nara7,610Thounaojam Chaoba6,379 1,23122WangoiThokchom Meinya7,834WahengbamNipamacha Singh6,992 84223Mayang ImphalThokchom Meinya8,766Moirangthem Nara4,861 3,90524NambolThounaojam Chaoba10,988Thokchom Meinya10,386 60225OinamThounaojam Chaoba8,571Thokchom Meinya5,336 3,23526BishnupurThokchom Meinya11,217Thounaojam Chaoba5,525 5,69227MoirangThokchom Meinya7,877Moirangthem Nara6,436 1,44128ThangaThokchom Meinya4,439Moirangthem Nara4,403 3629KumbiMoirangthem Nara7,274Thokchom Meinya4,877 2,39730LilongMoirangthem Nara10,898Thokchom Meinya6,477 4,42131ThoubalThokchom Meinya16,136Moirangthem Nara6,828 9,30832WangkhemMoirangthem Nara10,119Thokchom Meinya6,717 3,402Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency33HeirokThangso Baite14,563L. B. Sona2,479 12,08434Wangjing TenthaThangso Baite16,168L. B. Sona3,074 13,09435KhangabokThangso Baite23,002L. B. Sona1,503 21,49936WabgaiThangso Baite15,534L. B. Sona1,514 14,02037KakchingThangso Baite14,990L. B. Sona1,739 13,25138HiyanglamThangso Baite9,146L. B. Sona4,110 5,03639SugnuThangso Baite14,201L. B. Sona2,594 11,60740JiribamThangso Baite8,958L. B. Sona2,255 6,70341Chandel (ST)Thangso Baite19,888Mani Charenamei18,633 1,25542Tengnoupal (ST)Thangso Baite26,952Mani Charenamei15,607 11,34543Phungyar (ST)Mani Charenamei12,523D. Loli Adanee4,199 8,32444Ukhrul (ST)Mani Charenamei15,958D. Loli Adanee6,575 9,38345Chingai (ST)Mani Charenamei22,194D. Loli Adanee5,021 17,17346Saikul (ST)Thangso Baite27,516Mani Charenamei3,610 23,90647Karong (ST)Mani Charenamei17,443D. Loli Adanee12,281 5,16248Mao (ST)D. Loli Adanee23,317Mani Charenamei21,330 1,98749Tadubi (ST)Mani Charenamei18,039D. Loli Adanee13,295 4,74450Kangpokpi (ST)Thangso Baite11,060Mani Charenamei9,445 1,61551Saitu (ST)Thangso Baite23,336Mani Charenamei9,299 14,03752Tamei (ST)Mani Charenamei18,815Thangso Baite5,905 12,91053Tamenglong (ST)Mani Charenamei16,046Thangso Baite3,723 12,32354Nungba (ST)Thangso Baite9,050Mani Charenamei4,770 4,28055Tipaimukh (ST)Mani Charenamei8,794Thangso Baite1,988 6,80656Thanlon (ST)L. B. Sona13,004Thangso Baite1,506 11,49857Henglep (ST)Thangso Baite19,829L. B. Sona1,911 17,91858Churachandpur (ST)L. B. Sona24,536Thangso Baite9,735 14,80159Saikot (ST)Thangso Baite30,290L. B. Sona3,826 26,46460Singhat (ST)L. B. Sona12,899Thangso Baite8,998 3,901

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2012 elections) Indian National Congress 33 42 Communist Party of India 13 0 People's Democratic Alliance 8 0 Nationalist Congress Party 3 1 Manipur Peoples Party 2 0 Bharatiya Janata Party 1 0 Others 0 17Total60

Details Inner manipur parliamentary Constituency

Out of the 32 assembly segments in the Inner Manipur Parliamentary constituency, Dr Meinya received maximum mandate of 16,280 votes out of the total strength of 22,726 electors in Andro assembly constituency whereas 16,136 voters of Thoubal AC stamped their approval to the eventual winner. The third highest votes gained by the Congress MP was in Khundrakpam AC where 10,393 voted in his favour. Dr Meinya, who elicited significant support in all the 32 assembly segments got the fewest 2626 votes from the electorates of Singjamei AC. The Congress candidate had won the same parliamentary seat in the previous Lok Sabha election (2004) with a victory margin of a little over 49,000. Dr nara was the nearest rival at that time, too. In the recent hustings, Dr Nara generated fair support in all the assembly segments where the average voting trend was over the 3000 mark with the exception of Nambol AC where he was preferred by only 1618 adults. Maximum number of Nambol electorates favoured former Parliamentarian Thounaojam Chaoba Singh. Chaoba who contested the 15th Lok Sabha election on MPP ticket polled 10,988 votes. The figure, in his home polling station, was also the most chaoba polled in the election. In spite of being the consensus candidate of a handful of national as well as regional political parties Chaoba finished a distant third tipping the one lakh barrier by only 1787 votes. Out of the total of votes polled by Dr Nara, the CPI stalwart received maximum support of Lilong AC electorates with 10,898 from a total of 21,451 votes favouring the former Art and Culture Minister. Mandate of Thongju AC electorates too tilted heavily in favour of Dr Nara with 10,142 votes cast for the CPI nominee out of the total of 18,210. Election to the Inner Manipur parliamentary constituency for the 15th Lok Sabha was held on 22 April with a total of seven candidates in the fray. Former Chief Minister and BJP nominee W Nipamacha, L Kshetrani devi (RBCP), Abdul Rahman (Independent) and N Homendro (Ind) were the other candidates. Dr Meinya also led in all the four districts where franchise for the inner Parliamentary Constituency was conducted. The difference of victory margin between Dr Meinya and Dr Nara was the largest in Imphal East district with 10,298 votes separating the winner and nearest vanquished. On the other hand, Imphal West witnessed the fiercest contest between the two as the difference stood at only 2144 votes.

Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency

Out of 28 assembly segments in the Outer seat, Thangso Baite received mandate of voters to represent them in the Parliament. Outer Parliamentary Constituency is also composed of six assembly segments of Thoubal district and Jiribam subdivision of Imphal East district, and Scheduled Tribe assembly segments spread across Tamenglong, Chandel, Ukhrul, Senapati and Churachandpur districts. Thangso, who faltered against Mani Charenamei in the 14th Lok Sabha election by 82,193 votes secured the maximum of 27,516 votes from electorates of Saikul AC against 15,607 for Charenamei in the 15th Lok Sabha election. Compared to his nearest rival, Thangso was least influential among Mao AC electors where only 850 votes were polled for the INC candidate. On the other hand, the sitting MP was heavily favoured by the electors of Chingai AC in Ukhrul district as the maximum of 22,194 votes were cast for the PDA nominee. The least vote Charenamei managed from among the 28 assembly segments was in Sugnu AC under Thoubal district with only 106 voters choosing the PDA candidate. The INC candidate had substantial lead in 17 of the ACs whereas Charenamei led in eight, LB sona of the Nationalist Congress Party in two and Loli Adanee of the BJP in one. Election for the Outer Manipur Parliamentary (ST) Constituency was held on 16 April with a total of nine candidates in the fray. The other candidates are BJP's D Loli Adanee (93,052), NCP's LB Sona (79,849), RJD's MY Haokip (4859), LJP's Thangkhagin (1252), Valley Rose (Ind/4735), M Rose Haokip (Ind/1128) and L Gangte (Ind/2070).

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