In the recently concluded assembly elections in Manipur, nine out of 14 winners with declared criminal cases have won against a runner up with a clean background
In the recently concluded assembly elections in Manipur, nine out of 14 winners with declared criminal cases have won against a runner up with a clean background while 17 out of 48 crorepati winners have won against non-crorepati runners up, an .
The BJP won 32 seats, National People s Party (NPP) won 07, Janta Dal (United) 06, Congress 05, Naga People s Front 05, Independents 03 while Kuki People s Alliance won 02 seats in Manipur.
Of the 60 members of the new Manipur Assembly, as many as 48 are crorepatis with average assets of winning candidates amounting to Rs 3.75 crore, while 23 per cent of them have criminal cases and 18 per cent have serious criminal cases .