He was elected to the 11th Lok Sabha in 1996 from Inner Manipur from the Indian National Congress.
[3] Chaoba Singh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party prior to the 2004 Indian General Elections.
In the interim years, Singh formed his own Manipur People's Party.
[4] Chaoba Singh was named by various source as one of the front-runners to be Chief Minister during the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election.
[5] In 2023, he was honored with Padma Shree Award in public affairs by President of India Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.