Profile of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly

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Profile of the 12^th Manipur Legislative Assembly

The results of the elections to the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly were declared on March 10, 2022. There are 60 assembly seats in the state. In this note, we analyse data on the profile of the incoming Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and compare it with the previous Assembly.
BJP has the majority with 32 seats; followed by the NPP with 7 seats
Political Party 2022 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party 32 21 National People’s Party 7 4 Janata Dal (United) 6 0 Indian National Congress 5 28 Naga Peoples Front 5 4 Kuki People’s Alliance 2 0 Independent 3 1 Lok Janshakti Party 0 1 All India Trinamool Congress 0 1
Increase in older MLAs; women representation increases marginally
76% of the MLAs have at least a bachelor’s degree

Sources: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in); Candidate Affidavits uploaded on ECI; MyNeta (https://www.myneta.info);
Manipur Legislative Assembly (https://manipur.neva.gov.in.); PRS.

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