1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election

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Al 60 seats in the Manipur Legislative Assembly 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	1,160,690
Turnout	91.41%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Rishang Keishing Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh Party INC MPP Leader's seat Phungyar Keishamthong Seats before 24 9 Seats won 22 18 Seat change 2 9 Popular vote 28.08% 23.20%
CM before election Rishang Keishing INC Elected CM Rishang Keishing INC

Elections to the Manipur Legislative Assembly were held in February 1995, to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Manipur, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats as well as the popular vote, and its leader, Rishang Keishing was re-appointed as the Chief Minister of Manipur.^[1]

After the passing of the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, Manipur was converted from a Union Territory to a State and the size of its Legislative Assembly was increased from 30 to 60 members.^[2] The constituencies were changed in 1976 by The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976.^[3]

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	328,362	28.08	22	2
	Manipur Peoples Party	271,247	23.20	18	9
	Janata Dal	136,594	11.68	7	4
	Samata Party	70,887	6.06	2	New
	Communist Party of India	64,026	5.48	2	1
	Federal Party of Manipur	56,300	4.82	2	New
	Indian Congress (Socialist)	44,797	3.83	1	New
	Bharatiya Janata Party	38,405	3.28	1	1
	National People's Party	30,417	2.60	2	1
	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	30,417	2.60	0	New
	Kuki National Assembly	2,832	0.24	0	2
	Manipur Hill People's Council	2,440	0.21	0	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2,327	0.20	0	New
	Janata Party	1,611	0.14	0	New
	Independents	88,526	7.57	3	3
Total		1,169,188	100.00	60	6
Valid votes		1,169,188	98.83
Invalid/blank votes		13,868	1.17
Total votes		1,183,056	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		1,160,690	101.93
Source: ECI[4]

Results by constituency

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