Nungba (Manipur) assembly election 2022: Date, result, candidates list and latest news
- Nungba has Gaikhangam as its sitting MLA
- Nungba falls under the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency
- It went to polls on March 5, 2022
Nungba assembly constituency has Dinganglung Gangmei of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking on Gaikhangam of the Indian National Congress (INC) this year in the Manipur assembly elections.
Gaikhangam of the INC had won the Nungba seat in 2017 when the INC swept Manipur winning 28 of Manipur’s 60 assembly seats. He had beaten his closest rival Adim Pamei by over 5,147 votes. Pamei had contested that election on a BJP ticket.
In 2012, the seat was won by Gaikhangam of the INC.
Nungba falls under the Tamenglong district and the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, which is made up of 28 assembly seats.
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Lorho S. Pfoze of Naga People’s Front represented Outer Manipur as a member of Parliament in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Pfoze defeated Houlim Shokhopao Mate from the BJP with a margin of 73,782 votes.
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The Nungba assembly constituency voted in the second phase of the Manipur elections on March 5, 2022, along with 21 other constituencies.
Results will be declared on March 10, along with those for elections in four other states, including Uttar Pradesh.
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Quick facts about the Nungba Assembly seat-
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Nungba, Tamenglong
Polling date: March 5, 2022
Phase: 2
Sitting MLA, party: Gaikhangam, INC
Key candidates, party in 2022: Dinganglung Gangmei (BJP), Gaikhangam (INC)
Winning candidate, party in 2017: Gaikhangam, INC
Runner-up name, party 2017: Adim Pamei, BJP
Winning margin in 2017: 5,147
Top candidates 2017: Gaikhangam (INC), Adim Pamei (BJP), Pou Mathiupuang Gonmei (LJP)
Top 3 candidates 2012: Gaikhangam (INC), Adim Pamei (BJP), G Gaingam (NPF)
Lok Sabha constituency: Outer Manipur
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