Election in Manipur 2014

Manipur is a north- eastern state that became the part of India in October 1949. Earlier it was governed by the Chief Commissioner who was appointed by the government of India. The general election will be conducted in two phases on 9th April and 17th April.
 

Manipur General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the general elections in Manipur are as below:

Phase 2
No of PCs going to poll 1	(PC no. 2)
Issue of Notification	15 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	09 Apr 14 (Wed)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)
Phase 5
No of PCs going to poll 1	(PC no. 1)
Issue of Notification	19 Mar 14 (Wed)
Last Date for filing Nominations	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Scrutiny of Nominations	27 Mar 14 (Thu)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	29 Mar 14 (Sat)
Date of Poll	17 Apr 14 (Thu)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Political Parties of Manipur

There are national and regional level parties influencing Manipur. The national level parties are:

The Indian National Congress (INC)
The Bharatiya Janata Party
The Communist Party of India
The Rashtriya Janata Dal
The Nationalist Congress Party
The regional parties are:
Democratic Revolutionary Peoples Party
Manipur State Congress party
Lok Jan Shakti Party
All India Trinamool Congress
Manipur People’s Party (MPP)
Federal Party of Manipur
Manipur National Conference
Naga People’s Front
National People’s Party (India)
Nikhil Manipuri Mahasabha
 

Administration Process

The administration of the state is carried out by the chief minister along with his council of ministers. They manage different departments like IT, Revenue, Finance, Development, etc. The law and order of the state is managed by state police department under the leadership of Superintendent of Police. The state has a single Legislature called the Legislative Assembly.
 

List of Chief Ministers of Manipur

Sr. No	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Mairembam Koireng Singh	Jul 1, 1963	Jan 11, 1967	INC
	President’s rule	Jan 12, 1967	Mar 19, 1967
2	Mairembam Koireng Singh	Mar 20, 1967	Oct 4, 1967	INC
3	Longjam Thambou Singh	Oct 13, 1967	Oct 24, 1967	Manipur United Front
	President’s rule	Oct 25, 1967	Feb 18, 1968
4	Mairembam Koireng Singh	Feb 19, 1968	Oct 16, 1969	INC
	President’s rule	Oct 17, 1969	Mar 22, 1972
5	Mohammed Alimuddin	Mar 23, 1972	Mar 27, 1973	MPP
	President’s rule	Mar 28, 1973	Mar 3, 1974
6	Mohammed Alimuddin	Mar 4, 1974	Jul 9, 1974	MPP
7	Yangmasho Shaiza	Jul 10, 1974	Dec 5, 1974	Manipur Hills Union
8	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	Dec 6, 1974	May 15, 1977	INC
	President’s rule	May 16, 1977	Jun 28, 1977
9	Yangmasho Shaiza	Jun 29, 1977	Nov 13, 1979	JNP
	President’s rule	Nov 14, 1979	Jan 13, 1980
10	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	Jan 14, 1980	Nov 26, 1980	INC
11	Rishang Keishing	Nov 27, 1980	Feb 27, 1981	INC
	President’s rule	Feb 28, 1981	Jun 18, 1981
12	Rishang Keishing	Jun 19, 1981	Mar 3, 1988	INC(I)
13	Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh	Mar 4, 1988	Feb 22, 1990	INC
14	Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh	Feb 23, 1990	Jan 6, 1992	MRP
	President’s rule	Jan 7, 1992	Apr 7, 1992
15	Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	Apr 8, 1992	Apr 10, 1993	INC
	President’s rule	Dec 31, 1993	Dec 13, 1994
16	Rishang Keishing	Dec 14, 1994	Dec 15, 1997	INC
17	Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh	Dec 16, 1997	Feb 14, 2001	MSCP
18	Radhabinod Koijam	Feb 15, 2001	Jun 1, 2001	SAP
	President’s rule	Jun 2, 2001	Mar 6, 2002
19	Okram Ibobi Singh	Mar 7, 2002	Mar 1, 2007	INC
20	Okram Ibobi Singh	Mar 2, 2007	Mar 13, 2012	INC
21	Okram Ibobi Singh	Mar 14, 2012	Present	INC

List of Governors of Manipur

Sr. No	Name of Governors	From	To
1	B. K. Nehru	Jan 21, 1972	Sep 20, 1973
2	L.P. Singh	Sep 21, 1973	Aug 11, 1981
3	S. M. H. Burney	Aug 12, 1981	Jun 11, 1984
4	K. V. Krishna Rao	Jun 2, 1984	Jul 7, 1989
5	Chintamani Panigrahi	Jul 10, 1989	Mar 19, 1993
6	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	Mar 20, 1993	Aug 30, 1993
7	V.K. Nayar	Aug 31, 1993	Dec 22, 1994
8	O. N. Shrivastava	Dec 23, 1994	Feb 11, 1999
9	Ved Marwah	Dec 2, 1999	Jun 12, 2003
10	Arvind Dave	Jun 13, 2003	Aug 5, 2004
11	Shivinder Singh Sidhu	Aug 6, 2004	Jul 22, 2008
12	Gurbachan Jagat	Jul 23, 2008	Jul 22, 2013
13	Ashwani Kumar	Jul 23, 2013	Dec 31, 2013
14	Vinod Kumar Duggal	Dec 31, 2013	Present