Manipur Regions Compared for 2027: Valley, Hills and Reserved Seats
Manipur's valley and hill regions compared for 2027: Census 2011 population, 19 ST seats, 2022 results by seat type and 2024 Lok Sabha leads.
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Manipur is a small state with a sharp geography: a central Imphal valley of about 1,813 square kilometres inside a state of about 22,330, ringed by hill districts. Census 2011 put 57.2% of the population in the valley districts and 42.8% in the hills. The Assembly’s 60 seats include 19 reserved for Scheduled Tribes, whose communities live mostly in the hills, and one for Scheduled Castes. This story compares the regions using 2011 population, the 2022 result by seat category and the 2024 Lok Sabha leads. We use reserved-seat status as a rough proxy for hill seats and say so where it matters.
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Manipur’s valley held 57.2% of the population in the 2011 Census and the hills 42.8%. In 2022 the BJP won 25 of the 40 general seats but only 6 of the 19 ST-reserved seats, where the NPF took 5 and the KPA 2. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election Congress won both Inner and Outer Manipur and led in 36 of 60 Assembly segments, against the NPF’s 13 and the BJP’s 9.
The Regional Picture in Four Points
- Geography: the valley is under 10% of the state’s area but held 57.2% of its people in 2011.
- 2022 split: the BJP dominated general seats (25 of 40); the hills split between BJP 6, NPF 5, JD(U) 2, NPP 2, independents 2 and KPA 2.
- 2024 shift: Congress won both Lok Sabha seats, Inner Manipur by 1,09,801 votes and Outer Manipur by 85,418.
- Caveat: reserved status is not the same as hill location, so seat-type figures are an approximation.
District Population (Census 2011)
| District | Population | Area km2 |
|---|---|---|
| Imphal West | 5,14,683 | 519 |
| Imphal East | 4,52,661 | 497 |
| Thoubal | 4,20,517 | 324 |
| Senapati | 3,54,772 | 1,573 |
| Churachandpur | 2,71,274 | 2,392 |
| Bishnupur | 2,40,363 | 496 |
| Ukhrul | 1,83,115 | 2,206 |
| Chandel | 1,44,028 | 2,100 |
| Tamenglong | 1,40,143 | 3,315 |
| Kakching | 1,35,481 | 190 |
| Pherzawl | 47,250 | 2,128 |
| Kamjong | 45,616 | 2,338 |
| Jiribam | 43,818 | 182 |
Kangpokpi, Tengnoupal and Noney have no population figure in the table we used. The table also reflects district boundaries as listed on Wikipedia, which post-date the 2011 Census for some districts.
2022 Results by Seat Type
| Seat type | Seats | BJP | NPP | INC | JD(U) | NPF | IND | KPA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 40 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ST-reserved | 19 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| SC-reserved | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: IndiaVotes’ 2022 constituency table. General seats include most of the valley but also some border and hill-edge constituencies.
2024 Lok Sabha: Congress Sweeps Both Seats
| Seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inner Manipur | Angomcha Bimol Akoijam (INC), 46.93% | T. Basanta Kumar Singh (BJP), 33.16% | 1,09,801 |
| Outer Manipur | Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur (INC), 48.32% | Kachui Timothy Zimik (NPF), 37.6% | 85,418 |
Wikipedia’s page, which was summarised for us and has small inconsistencies in party-level totals, gives Assembly-segment leads of INC 36, NPF 13, BJP 9 and independents 2. Turnout was 80.47%. Lok Sabha leads do not map directly onto Assembly seats, but they show Congress’s 2024 position across both regions.
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- November 8, 2026: first version.