Election Commission of India Orders Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls in Manipur

The Election Commission of India has ordered a Special Summary Revision of electoral rolls in Manipur, with January 1, 2027 as the qualifying date. The process targets left-out, young, and first-time voters across all 60 Assembly constituencies. Final electoral rolls will be published on January 4, 2027, ahead of Assembly elections due by March 2027.

A Special Summary Revision of Manipur's electoral rolls has been set in motion under a directive from the Election Commission of India. Manipur's Chief Electoral Officer, Arun Kumar Sinha, announced on Friday, 16 October 2026, that 1 January 2027 would serve as the qualifying date for the State's Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls, with the exercise aimed at registering left-out, young, and first-time eligible voters across all Assembly constituencies, while also collecting advance applications tied to three further qualifying dates — 1 April, 1 July, and 1 October 2027. Consolidation of polling stations is due to wrap up on 2 November, a date falling ten days ahead of when the integrated draft electoral rolls are set to be released. Voter rolls in their definitive form are set to be released on 4 January 2027, once the period for lodging and resolving claims and objections wraps up by 28 December. A voter-roll update process known as the Special Intensive Revision wrapped up across Manipur by the time September arrived. Following a voter-roll audit, the total number of people registered to cast ballots in the State dropped to 19,60,620, with 1,32,456 entries removed from the rolls. Of Manipur's 60 Assembly constituencies, 40 fall within the Imphal and Jiribam valleys, where Meitei communities make up the bulk of the population, while the remaining 20 are distributed across hill districts home to Naga and Kuki-Zomi groups. Voters in Manipur are scheduled to return to the polls no later than March 2027, when the next state legislative contest falls due. Seat tallies from the 2022 balloting placed the Bharatiya Janata Party at 32, with the National People's Party securing seven, the Janata Dal (United) claiming six, and both Congress and the Naga People's Front finishing on five apiece. Two seats went to the Kuki People's Alliance, with three additional places claimed by candidates running without party affiliation.

Election Commission of India Orders Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls in Manipur

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