Tamenglong assembly constituency has Huri Golmei of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking on Samuel Jendai of the Janata Dal (JD) and Khangthuanang Panmei of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) this year in the Manipur assembly elections.
Samuel Jendai Kamei of the BJP had won the Tamenglong seat in 2017 when the INC swept Manipur winning 28 of Manipur’s 60 assembly seats. Kamei had beaten his closest rival Jangamlung Panmei by over 2,004 votes. Panmei had contested that election on a NPF ticket.
In 2012, the seat was won by Jangamlung Panmei of the MSCP.
Tamenglong 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 Tamenglong 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 Tamenglong Assembly seat-
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Tamenglong, Tamenglong
Polling date: March 5, 2022
Phase: 2
Sitting MLA, party: Samuel Jendai Kamei, BJP
Key candidates, party in 2022: Huri Golmei (BJP), Samuel Jendai
(JD), Khangthuanang Panmei (NPF)
Winning candidate, party in 2017: Samuel Jendai Kamei, BJP
Runner-up name, party 2017: Jangamlung Panmei, NPF
Winning margin in 2017: 2,004
Top candidates 2017: Samuel Jendai Kamei (BJP), Jangamlung Panmei (NPF)
Top 3 candidates 2012: Jangamlung Panmei (MSCP), Khangthuanang Panmei (INC), Samuel Jendai (NPF)
Lok Sabha constituency: Outer Manipur