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Manipur Election Results 2017: CM Okram Ibobi Singh trounces Irom Sharmila in his home seat

Singh had been facing dissent from party lawmakers for the past two years

Okram Ibobi Singh
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Okram Ibobi Singh

Amit Agnihotri
Manipur Chief Minister, the Congress party's Okram Ibobi Singh, registered a thumping victory from the Thoubal Assembly seat, decimating debutante Irom Sharmila Chanu. 

The biggest contribution of Okram Ibobi Singh, who has been heading a Congress government in Manipur for the past 15 years, could perhaps be maintaining peace in the troubled state while taking development to its remote corners. 

In his constituency of Thoubal, Singh's challenger, the anti-AFPSA activist Irom Sharmila, managed to garner less than 100 votes. 

Though he continues to be the face of the Congress in the north-eastern state, Singh had been facing dissent from