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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Manipur State Congress Party
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|founder =[[Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh]]
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|headquarters = People’s Road, Imphal- 795001, [[Manipur]]
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'''Manipur State Congress Party''' (MSCP) is a former political party in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Manipur]]. The party was founded in 1997 by [[Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh|Wahengbam Nipamacha]] as a split from the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC). In 2014 the MCSP remerged with the INC.

==History ==

The party was formed after a group of ministers and legislators, led by former Speaker Nipamacha, broke away from the ruling [[Indian National Congress]] and floated the Party which subsequently formed the next government.<ref>{{cite news|last=Chaudhari|first=Kalyan|title=Uncertain in Manipur|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1904/19040340.htm|accessdate=12 March 2014|newspaper=Frontline|date=16 February 2002}}</ref> "Cultivator Cutting Crop" is the election symbol of the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Election Symbols of Registered Political Parties in India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/year2014/EnglishNotification_12032014.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=12 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=eci2002>{{cite web|title=Election Commission of India - State Elections 2002 - Party Wise Position in Manipur|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/se2002/pollupd/ac/states/s14/a_index.htm|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref> Nipamacha then became the chief minister of a coalition government led by the party. In the 1999 Lok Sabha elections, then-MSCP candidate [[Th. Chaoba Singh]] got elected and became Union Minister of State for Food Processing during [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Atal Behari Vajpayee's]] tenure.

In February 2001, 22 members of the MSCP formed an alliance with [[Samta Party]] to form a government lead by [[Radhabinod Koijam]].

==Merged with INC==

The Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) merged back with the [[Indian National Congress]] with its five party MLAs on 4 April 2014.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 April 2014|title=Manipur party joins Cong|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/manipur-party-joins-cong/cid/191777|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=30 November 2020|website=The Telegraph (India)}}</ref> The last party president was Y. Mani Singh.<ref name=":0" /> It was de-recognised by Election Commission of India in June 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = ECI de-recognises MSCP|url = http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/53663/eci-de-recognises-mscp|website = www.thesangaiexpress.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150810114621/http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/page/items/53663/eci-de-recognises-mscp|archive-date = 10 August 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Elections==
In 2002 Legislative Assembly elections in Manipur, Party had contested on 42 out of 60 seats and had won seven seats, and five of them joined the Congress.<ref name=eci2002 /> In 2007 Assembly elections, party had contested on 6 seats but failed to win any seats.<ref name=eci2007>{{cite web|title=Partywise position in Manipur - 2007|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Feb2007/index_st.htm|accessdate=13 March 2014}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Manipur National Conference]]

==References==
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[[Category:Political parties in Manipur]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1997]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Manipur]]
[[Category:Recognised state political parties in India]]

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