According to the early trends from 26 constituencies in Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in 11 seats and the Congress in seven seats in Manipur.
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Hours before the start of counting of votes, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is confident of forming the government for the second successive term, was facing a bigger in-house challenge over who will be the chief minister of Manipur.
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