Congress leads a fractured house
What happened
The result was a hung house again — no single party won enough seats to govern alone — but this time control changed hands.
Indian National Congress won 20 of the 60 seats, the most of any party.
Federal Party of Manipur was next, with 13 seats.
What changed
This was a genuine change of government, not just a reshuffling of the same fragmented result.
Manipur State Congress Party, which had led the outgoing government, fell well back; INC rose from 11 seats to 20.
Even so, 10 different parties won at least one seat, short of any single party controlling the house.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the count stand out.
The tightest finish was in Thanga, Manipur, decided by a margin of just 16 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
Tengnoupal, Manipur saw 98.5% of registered voters turn out — the highest of any seat that year.
The most crowded contest was Sagolband, Manipur, where 11 candidates stood for a single seat.
Across the state, an average of 6.1 candidates contested every seat.
The backdrop
This election set a new government in place, a genuine change from the one that had governed before.