Newmai News Network Imphal | August 17 The 5th General Panchayat Election will be held on October 7, 2017. The announcement was made today during a press conference held at Imphal West DC Complex, Lamphelpat, by Th. Kaminikumar Singh, State Election Commissioner, Manipur. He said that, the Election Code of Conduct in the territorial area of the Panchayats will be enforce from the day of public notification i.e., from August 18. To maintain the mandate of the Constitution, the 5th Panchayat Election is being announced as the current 4th General Panchayat will expire on October 23, he added. The election for 60 Zilla Parishad, 161 Pradhan and 1,513 Ward Members will be held in the six Revenue Districts of Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal, Bishnupur, Kakching and Jiribam. A total number of 7,16,830 electors will exercise their franchise. The last date of filing nomination by the candidates will be on August 25 and the scrutiny of the nomination papers is scheduled on the next day i.e. August 26. Candidates can withdraw their nominations by August 29. Polling will begin from 8 am and end at 4 pm and in case of any election misconduct, re-polling will be held on October 9, 2017. The counting will begin on October 11 and the entire process will be completed by October 16. Ballot papers will be use for the election as per the regulation of the Election Commission as the Commission was unable to arrange Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) due to shortage of time, Kaminikumar added.