Manipur publishes draft electoral rolls with 19.94 lakh voters ahead of 2027 polls

Guwahati: Draft photo electoral rolls for all 60 Assembly constituencies in Manipur as part of the Special Summary Revision (SST) was published on Thursday. The draft rolls contain a total of 19,94,357 electors, comprising 9,69,298 men, 10,24,735 women and 324 voters belonging to the third gender.

For the SSR January 1, 2027, as the qualifying date. Manipur is likely to go to assembly polls in early next year.

Lokeshor Brahmacharimayum, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Manipur while talking to media persons in Imphal said that the electors were asked to verify their names and details in the draft rolls, which are available at the offices of Electoral Registration Officers (EROs), Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) and Booth Level Officers (BLOs).


The period for filing claims and objections is between November 12 to December 11, 2026. The disposal of claims and objections is scheduled to be completed by December 28, while the final electoral rolls will be published on January 4, 2027.

Brahmacharimayum said that help desks have been established in all 16 districts to assist electors, particularly those from vulnerable and marginalised communities. “A meeting with recognised national and state political parties was also held on Thursday to brief them about the revision schedule.”

Manipur has undertaken Special Intensive Revision (SIR) recently and on September 6 this year, Women voters outnumbered male in Manipur’s final electoral rolls.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Arun Kumar Sinha had said that with July 1, 2026, as the qualifying date, Manipur has a total of 19,60,620 registered voters, comprising 10,06,962 women, 9,53,350 men, and 308 third-gender electors.

The gender ratio of 1,056 in the final electoral rolls is significantly higher than the national average, the CEO said.

He said that a total of 56,871 electors has been included and a total of 30,650 voters have been deleted from the draft electoral rolls.

Sinha said that the final electoral rolls of all 60 Assembly Constituencies of Manipur, comprising valley and hill regions, were published on Sunday by the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) concerned.

The CEO had said that the draft electoral rolls were published on July 5 with a total of 19,34,399 electors, including 9,93,660 female voters.

A total of 1,58,677 electors whose Enumeration Forms were not received were excluded from the draft electoral rolls.

Probable causes of not submitting Enumeration Forms included absent (34,740), shifted (72,473), death (43,000), duplicate (7,394) and other reasons (1,070).

The CEO said that a total of 96,985 claims and objections were filed during the claim and objection period from July 5 to August 4.

A total of 60 Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and 84 Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) scrutinised these during the stipulated period.

CEO Sinha had said that with the creation of 85 new polling stations, the total number of polling stations in the state has increased to 3,041.