Okram Henry Singh is an Indian politician from

Manipur Manipur () is a state in northeastern India with Imphal as its capital. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically t ...

and member of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was elected as a member of the

Manipur Legislative Assembly The Manipur Legislative Assembly is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Manipur. Description The seat of the Manipur Legislative Assembly is at Imphal, the capital of the sta ...

from Wangkhei constituency in

Imphal East District Imphal East district ( Meitei pronunciation: /ˈɪmfəl or ɪmˈfɑːl/) is one of the 16 districts of Manipur state in northeastern India. In 2011, it was the second most populous district in the state, after Imphal West. In 2016, the Jiribam ...

from the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election A Legislative Assembly election was held in Manipur on 4 March and 8 March 2017 to elect the 60 members of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. before the expiration of the term of the previous Assembly on 18 March 2017. The election was fought ...

. In 2021, he was defeated by Thangjam Arunkumar Singh with a huge margin of votes. He is the nephew of former

Chief Minister of Manipur The Chief Minister of Manipur is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Manipur. As per the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive auth ...

Okram Ibobi Singh Okram Ibobi Singh (born 19 June 1948) is an Indian Politician who is currently serving as a member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly representing Thoubal Assembly constituency since 2007, from Khangabok Assembly constituency from 2002 to 200 ...

. During the 2020 Manipur vote of confidence, he was one of the eight MLAs who had skipped the assembly proceedings defying the party whip for the trust vote. He resigned from

and later joined

in presence of

Ram Madhav Varanasi Ram Madhav (born 22 August 1964) is an Indian politician who served as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a member of the National Executive of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and has authored a few boo ...

, Baijayant Panda and

N. Biren Singh. In the recent verdict declared by the High Court of Manipur, his election result was null and void.

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Living people Manipur MLAs 2017–2022 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Manipur Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Manipur People from Imphal East district {{Manipur-INC-politician-stub