Tengnoupal assembly constituency has Letpao Haokip of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) taking on Wairok Morung Makunga of the Indian National Congress (INC) and D. Korungthang of the Naga People’s Front (NPF) this year in the Manipur assembly elections.
D. Korungthang of the INC had won the Tengnoupal seat in 2017 when the INC swept Manipur winning 28 of Manipur’s 60 assembly seats. Korungthang had beaten his closest rival Yangkholet Haokip by over 4,656 votes. Haokip had contested that election on a BJP ticket.
In 2012, the seat was won by D. Korungthang of the INC.
Tengnoupal falls under the Chandel 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 Tengnoupal 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 Tengnoupal Assembly seat-
Name of the assembly constituency, district: Tengnoupal, Chandel
Polling date: March 5, 2022
Phase: 2
Sitting MLA, party: Dr. Avinash Umesh Jadhav, BJP
Key candidates, party in 2022: Letpao Haokip (BJP), Wairok Morung Makunga (INC), D. Korungthang (NPF)
Winning candidate, party in 2017: D. Korungthang, INC
Runner-up name, party 2017: Yangkholet Haokip, BJP
Winning margin in 2017: 4,656
Top 3 candidates 2017: D. Korungthang (INC), Yangkholet Haokip (BJP), Khulpuwa Armstrong Charang (NPF)
Top 3 candidates 2012: D. Korungthang (INC), Kh. David Charanga (NPF), H Shokhopao Mate (AITC)
Lok Sabha constituency: Outer Manipur
