Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh

Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh was an Indian socialist politician from Manipur. As a young man he became a leading figure in the socialist movement in Manipur, and was imprisoned for his role in protest movements. He represented the Singjamei (of Imphal) in the Manipur Territorial Council and, later, the Manipur Legislative Assembly for a decade. He again contested the Singjamei seat in all Legislative Assembly elections from 1967 to 1984.

Biography Thokchom Chandrasekhar Singh was born on 2 March 1925. He was the son of Thokchom Achoubi Singh. He went to school at the Johnstone Higher Secondary School, Imphal and at the Bishop Westcott Institute Senior Cambridge in Allahabad. The Singjamei constituency in the Manipur Territorial Council covered the Circle II (Part II) of Imphal pana of Imphal West tahsil. He served as general secretary of Lohia's Socialist Party between 1959 and 1961. He would again contest the Singjamei seat in the 1972 Manipur Legislative Assembly election, contesting as an independent and finishing in fourth place with 1,471 votes (17.59%). He again finished in fourth place in Singjamei in the 1974 Manipur Legislative Assembly election, standing as an independent candidate and obtained 1,821 votes (21.80%).

He contested Singjamei seat as the Janata Party candidate in the 1980 Manipur Legislative Assembly election and the 1984 Manipur Legislative Assembly election. He finished in second place in both occasions, obtaining 1,766 votes (17.99%) in 1980 and 3,278 votes (28.86%) in 1984.

He lived at Singjamei Mathak Thokchom Leikai, Imphal. Thokchom was married to L. Binodini Devi. The couple had one daughter.