Bharatiya Janata Party’s Thongam Biswajit Singh defeats Indian National Congress’ Seram Neken Singh by a margin of 6689 votes.

Thongju is an assembly constituency in the Imphal East district, in the Valley region of the state of Manipur.

The Thongju legislative assembly constituency went to polls on February 27, 2022.

The assembly seat is for the General category and it falls in the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency.

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In the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly elections, Thongju was won by Thongam Biswajit Singh of the BJP. He defeated INC's Thokchom Ajit Singh. Before that, in the 2012 Manipur vidhan sabha elections, the seat was held by TMC's Thongam Biswajit Singh.

In the 2017 assembly polls, Thongam Biswajit Singh garnered 16809 votes, securing 62.61 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 7301 votes. In percentage terms, the victory margin was 27.2 percent.

The Thongju constituency has a literacy level of 81.95 percent.

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First Published:Mar 10, 2022 12:09 AM IST