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The Indian general election 2009 in Manipur occurred for 2 seats in the state.Candidates of the Indian National Congress triumphed in the election to both the Parliamentary constituencies with Dr Thokchom Meinya Singh retaining the Inner seat and Thangso Baite wresting the Outer Parliamentary seat from Mani Charenamei of the People’s Democratic Alliance.After completion of counting of votes cast by the electorates of Manipur in the 15th Lok Sabha elections Dr Meinya defeated his nearest rival Dr Moirangthem Nara Singh of CPI by 40960 votes with Thangso Baite favoured by 344517 voters compared to 224719 votes cast for Charenamei.Thangso Baite’s victory margin by 119798 votes over Charenamei is also more than the figure of defeat suffered by the Congress candidate to the same rival in the previous poll.
