One of the two parliamentary constituencies of the state of Manipur, the Lok Sabha Constituency of Outer Manipur was formed in 1952 and comprises of 28 Vidhan Sabha segments. According to Election Commission of India 2009 data the total electorates in the Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituency (constituency number 2) were 909,496 of which 464,639 are females and 444,857 are males. This constituency is reserved for the ST category. In 2004, 619,151 people were recorded as having casted their votes. Manipur lies in the North-Eastern of India, sharing its border with Nagaland, Mizoram and Burma covering a total area of 22,327 sq km. It comprises of nine districts and its capital city is Imphal. Manipuri and English are the primary languages here. However a total of 29 dialects are spoken here.
The state has a total population of 2,570,000 as per 2011 census data of which 51% comprises of males and 49% comprises of females. The state has a 12.05% population growth and a sex ratio of 992 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate of Manipur is 79.21% with male literacy rate at 86.06% and female literacy rate at 71.73%. Hindus have a 46% majority followed by Christians at 34%. Tourism is one of the principal industries here and the state has been nicknamed “Switzerland of India”. Previously almost unreachable by roads, the National Highways NH-5, NH-39, NH-53, NH-150 and NH-155 are connected to the state now.
Outer Manipur Lok Sabha Election Results 2019
In
2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.
In
2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.
In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the
2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.
Candidate | Party | EVM Votes | Migrant Votes | Postal Votes | Total Votes | % of Votes | Status |
Lorho S. Pfoze | Naga Peoples Front | 362707 | 0 | 820 | 363527 | 42.37 | Winner |
Houlim Shokhopao Mate | Bharatiya Janata Party | 287058 | 0 | 2687 | 289745 | 33.77 | 1st Runner-up |
K. James | Indian National Congress | 151103 | 0 | 1407 | 152510 | 17.77 | 2nd Runner-up |
Thangminlien Kipgen | National People'S Party | 30261 | 0 | 465 | 30726 | 3.58 | 3rd Runner-up |
Ashang Kasar | North East India Development Party | 12081 | 0 | 130 | 12211 | 1.42 | 4th Runner-up |
Hangkhanpau Taithul | Janata Dal (United) | 2879 | 0 | 108 | 2987 | 0.35 | 5th Runner-up |
NOTA | None Of The Above | 2668 | 0 | 107 | 2775 | 0.32 | 6th Runner-up |
Angam Karung Kom | Nationalist Congress Party | 2145 | 0 | 407 | 2552 | 0.3 | 7th Runner-up |
Leikhan Kaipu | Independent | 933 | 0 | 63 | 996 | 0.12 | 8th Runner-up |
The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency of all the years from the starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Outer Manipur constituency is Shri Thangso Baite of INC.
The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Outer Manipur parliamentary constituency.