Shillong, Mar 10: With the counting underway to elect new members to the 60-member Manipur Assembly, early counting trends showed that BJP was leading in 25 seats.

The Conrad Sangma led National People’s Party (NPP) was ahead in 13 seats while Congress was leading in 11 seats.

Kuki People’s Alliance (KPA) was leading in one seat and Naga People’s Front (NPF) was leading in 4 seats while JDU was ahead in 3 seats.

Manipur Chief Minister and BJP leader N. Biren Singh was leading his closest rival by over 2500 votes in the Heingang constituency. Former CM and Congress leader Okram Ibobi Singh was leading in Thoubal by 1225 votes.

Early trends

Manipur:

BJP : 25
Congress : 11
NPP : 13
JD(U): 3
NPF: 4
KPA: 1
AITC : 0
Others: 3