Manipur State Congress Party
MSCP- Also seen as
- manipur state congress party
- Merged into
- INC(2014)— merged back into Congress with its remaining 5 MLAs; the ECI de-recognised MSCP in June 2015
About MSCP
Formed in 1997 when Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh, then Speaker of the Manipur Assembly, led a group of Congress ministers and legislators in a split from the INC. Nipamacha became Chief Minister of the resulting coalition government. MSCP peaked at the 2000 Manipur Assembly election, winning 23 of 60 seats — the largest party in the state that year — and Radhabinod Koijam led a second MSCP-headed coalition (with the Samata Party) from 2001. Its seat share fell sharply after that peak: 7 seats in 2002, none in 2007, before a partial recovery to 5 in 2012. The party merged back into the INC on 4 April 2014 with its remaining 5 MLAs.
- Key leaders
- Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh — founder; Chief Minister, 1997–2001
- Radhabinod Koijam — Chief Minister, 2001–2002 (MSCP–Samata Party coalition)
- Thounaojam Chaoba Singh — Union Minister of State, 1999–2001 (Vajpayee government)
Source: Manipur State Congress Party — Wikipedia. Real-world political history, hand-researched and cited — not a figure computed from results.
Election record
Every election where MSCP polled votes. Seats and shares are computed from the constituency results — tap an election to open it.
| MN Assembly | 2012 | 5 | 1,17,170 | 8.4% | 31 | #3 |
| MN Assembly | 2007 | 0 | 27,505 | 1.9% | 6 | #8 |
| MN Assembly | 2002 | 7 | 1,63,758 | 12.4% | 42 | #3 |
| MN Assembly | 2000 | 23 | 3,31,141 | 26.3% | 57 | #1 |
| Lok Sabha | 1999 | 1 | 2,22,417 | 0.1% | 2 | #38 |
| Lok Sabha | 1998 | 1 | 1,90,358 | 0.1% | 2 | #38 |
Peak: 23 seats at the Manipur Assembly Election, 2000 — the largest party that year.