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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Kuki National Assembly
|logo =
|colorcode = {{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}
|leader =
|chairman =
|secretary =
|ppchairman =
|foundation = {{Start date and age|1946|10|24}}<ref name="Thongkholal Haokip"/>
|founder = S. M. Zavum<ref name=Sharma2003/>
|predecessor =
|dissolution =
|headquarters = Grace Cottage, Paiteveng, Kwakelthel, P.O. Imphal, Manipur-795001.
|publication =
|students =
|youth =
|women =
|labour =
|peasants =
|ideology =
|position =
|international =
|colours =
|eci = [[List of political parties in India#State parties|State party]]<ref name=symbol/>
|alliance =
|state_seats_name = [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
|state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|symbol = [[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg|100px]]<ref name=symbol>{{cite web |url=http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/9192/9192-4-SI-EOG-2.pdf |title=Government of Goa - Extraordinary No. 2 |date=26 April 1991 |author= |access-date= 26 February 2022}}</ref>
|website =
|flag =
|abbreviation = KNA
}}

The '''Kuki National Assembly''' (KNA) is a [[political party]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Manipur]]. It was formed on 24 October 1946, by S. M. Zavum,<ref name=Sharma2003>{{cite thesis |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/39682/10/10_chapter%204.pdf |title=The emergence and working of the Manipur peoples party and the Kuki National Assembly in Manipur: a comparative study |date=2003 |author=Basanta A Sharma |access-date= 13 March 2022}}</ref> to act as a pan-political organisation among the various [[Kuki people]].<ref name="Thongkholal Haokip">{{Cite book |title=The Kukis of Northeast India: Politics and Culture |editor=Thongkholal Haokip |date=2013 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hp4hWrL-JOEC |page=54 |access-date=6 March 2022 |publisher=Bookwell Publications |isbn=978-9380574448}}</ref> It last won seats in the [[1990 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]], and after that slowly fizzled out.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/manipur-elections-nagas-npf-meities-kukis-party-hope-7789594/ |title=Nagas have NPF, Meities are dominant, what do Kukis have? Now, a party and hope |date=27 February 2022 |author=Tora Agarwala |access-date= 7 March 2022 |quote= the Kuki National Assembly (KNA), a Kuki political party that fizzled out over the years}}</ref> In the [[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]], the party fielded candidates for 2 constituencies.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/Affidavits/AssemblyElection/ge_2022 |title=State Assembly Elections 2022 - List of Contesting Candidate |access-date= 7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-manipur-assembly-elections-2022-7803-voter-turnout-recorded-in-phase-1-2936756 |title=Manipur Assembly Elections 2022: 78.03% voter turnout recorded in Phase 1 |date=28 February 2022 |author=G Krishnan |access-date= 7 March 2022}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan=2|Election
!rowspan=2|Seats won
!colspan=2|Vote %
!rowspan=2|MLA
!rowspan=2|Constituency
!rowspan=2|Source
|-
!Overall
!In seats contested
|-
|rowspan=2 | [[1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|1974]]
|rowspan=2 |{{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|rowspan=2 |2.95
|rowspan=2 |25.79
|Zampu
|[[Saitu Assembly constituency|Saitu]]
|rowspan=2 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3704-manipur-1974/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1974 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Ngulkhohao
| [[Saikot Assembly constituency|Saikot]]
|-
|rowspan=2 | [[1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|rowspan=2 |{{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|rowspan=2 |2.82
|rowspan=2 |21.36
|Satkholal
|[[Chandel Assembly constituency|Chandel]]
|rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3705-manipur-1980/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1980 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|Jainson Haokip
|[[Tengnoupal Assembly constituency|Tengnoupal]]
|-
| [[1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|1984]]
|{{Composition bar|1|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|1.55
|19.93
|J. F. Rothangliana
|[[Churachandpur Assembly constituency|Churachandpur]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3706-manipur-1984/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1984 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 | [[1990 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|1990]]
|rowspan=2 |{{Composition bar|2|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|rowspan=2 |2.61
|rowspan=2 |15.42
|[[T. N. Haokip]]
|[[Saikot Assembly constituency|Saikot]]
|rowspan=2 |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3707-manipur-1990/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1990 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Thanghanlal
|[[Singhat Assembly constituency|Singhat]]
|-
| [[1995 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|1995]]
|{{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|0.24
|2.30
|{{-}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3708-manipur-1995/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[2000 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2000]]
|{{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|0.05
|2.17
|{{-}}
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3709-manipur-2000/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2000 to the Legislative Assembly of Manipur |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
|colspan=7|KNA did not contest the elections from [[2002 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2002]] to [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|-
| [[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|{{Composition bar|0|60|hex={{party color|Kuki National Assembly}}}}
|0.06
|1.08
|{{-}}
|
|<ref name=election2022>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14166-manipur-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Manipur General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=25 May 2022}}</ref>
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Political parties in Manipur]]
*[[Kuki People's Alliance]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{facebook|KukiNationalAssembly}}

[[Category:1946 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1946]]
[[Category:Political parties in Manipur]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]]

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