Wangkhei Assembly constituency
Wangkhei is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Manipur state in India[2]
| Wangkhei | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Manipur Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency Details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Manipur |
| District | Imphal East |
| LS constituency | Inner Manipur |
| Established | 1967[1] |
| Total electors | 34,976[2] [needs update] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | Thangjam Arunkumar |
| Party | Janata Dal (United) |
It is part of Imphal East district.
Birth and extent of the constituencyEdit
Wangkhei was created for the first legislative assembly election in Manipur, in 1967.[1] As of the latest delimitation in 2007, it comprises Ward Nos. 21, 22, 23 and 26 in Imphal municipality.[3]
Members of the Legislative AssemblyEdit
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Yumkham Erabot Singh | Janata Party | |
| 1984 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1990 | Dr. Haobam Borobabu Singh | Manipur Peoples Party | |
| 1995 | Yumkham Erabot Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| 2000 | Dr. Haobam Borobabu Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2002 | Yumkham Erabot Singh | Manipur State Congress Party | |
| 2007 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2012 | |||
| 2017 | |||
| Yumkham Erabot Singh[5] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2022 | Thangjam Arunkumar[6] | Janata Dal (United) | |
Election resultsEdit
2017Edit
Okram Henry Singh was declared as the winner in 2017, but on 15 April 2021, the Manipur High Court declared the election result as null and void. It also declared that Yumkham Erabot Singh was the MLA of the Wangkhei constituency.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Okram Henry Singh | 16,753 | |||
| BJP | Yumkham Erabot Singh | 12,417 | |||
| AITC | Rajkumar Priyobarta Singh | 341 | |||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 149 | |||
| Majority | 4,336 | 14.62 | |||
| Turnout | 29,660 | 84.95 | |||
| Registered electors | 34,914 | ||||
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur. "Report - General Election to Lok Sabha, 2019" (PDF). ceomanipur.nic.in. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ "Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008" (PDF). 26 November 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Manipur General Legislative Election 2017 - Manipur - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "High Court annuls Okram Henry election, declares Y Erabot Wangkhei MLA". 16 April 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
External linkEdit
- "Record of all Manipur Assembly Elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 March 2022.