Manipur district starts work for the 2027 Assembly election with its first meeting of District Nodal Officers

29 October 2026

Preparation has begun in Manipur for the General Election to the State Legislative Assembly, 2027. The first meeting of the District Nodal Officers appointed for that election was held in Churachandpur district, at the conference hall of the Mini Secretariat Complex at Tuibong. Shri Krishna Kumar, of the Indian Administrative Service, chaired it as District Election Officer and Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur. In a district the Deputy Commissioner is also the District Election Officer, and the officers were told to take up their assigned duties in line with the instructions of the Election Commission of India. They were asked to assess data, prepare estimates and identify what logistics their areas would need, and a presentation on their roles was made to them.