Kakching assembly constituency has Yengkhom Surchandra Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking on Kshetrimayum Kennedy Singh of the Indian National Congress (INC) and Naorem Nabachandra Singh of the Janata Dal (United) this year in the Manipur assembly elections.
Md. Fajur Rahim of the INC had won the Kakching seat in 2017 when the INC swept Manipur winning 28 of Manipur’s 60 assembly seats. Rahim had beaten his closest rival Dr. Usham Deben Singh by over 4,761 votes. Singh had contested that election on a BJP ticket.
In 2012, the seat was won by Yengkhom Surchandra Singh of the Congress.
Kakching falls under the Thoubal district and the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency, which is made up of 28 assembly seats.
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The Kakching 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 Kakching Assembly seat-
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Kakching, Thoubal
Polling date: March 5, 2022
Phase: 2
Sitting MLA, party: Yengkhom Surchandra Singh, INC
Key candidates, party in 2022: Yengkhom Surchandra Singh (INC), M. Rameshwar Singh (BJP), Naorem Nabachandra Singh (JD)
Winning candidate, party in 2017: Yengkhom Surchandra Singh, INC
Runner-up name, party 2017: M. Rameshwar Singh, BJP
Winning margin in 2017: 630
Top 3 candidates 2017: Yengkhom Surchandra Singh (INC), M. Rameshwar Singh (BJP), Naorem Achouba (CPI)
Top candidates 2012: Yengkhom Surchandra Singh (INC), Naorem Achouba (CPI)
Lok Sabha constituency: Outer Manipur
