Congress falls one seat short of a majority
What happened
Indian National Congress held on, just short of a majority — a hung house, where no single party has enough seats to govern alone.
INC won 30 of the 60 seats.
That left it just one seat short of the 31-seat majority mark.
Independent candidates took the next-largest share, 10 seats between them.
What changed
INC held on to power this time, instead of handing it to a challenger.
INC had now won 2 elections in a row.
It took 30 of the 60 seats this time — the most any party had won in the state up to that point.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from the count stand out.
The tightest finish anywhere was in Keirao, Manipur, decided by a margin of just 2 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
Karong, Manipur saw 96.1% of registered voters turn out, the highest of any seat that year.
The most crowded contest was Khundrakpam, Manipur, with 12 candidates on the ballot.
Across the state, an average of 5.1 candidates contested every seat.
The backdrop
Manipur's assembly stayed fragmented even as the same party held on to power.
7 different parties won at least one seat between them.