Turnout 81% 34 5 | 32 3 Start date November 25, 2013 | |
Winner Lal Thanhawla | ||
2013 Mizoram State Assembly Elections were held on November 25 and results were declared on December 9. The main contest was between Incumbent Indian National Congress and Mizo National Front-led Mizoram Democratic Alliance. Incumbent Chief Minister is Pu Lalthanhawla and his party Indian National Congress won majority and formed government.
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Polls
The election for 40 seats legislative assembly was held on November 25, 2013. Total 81% voter turnout was recorded. There were 6.9 lakh eligible voters.
Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India,in 10 assembly seats out of 40 in Mizoram elections. There were total 142 candidates including 40 Congress and 40 Mizoram Democratic Alliance (MDA) candidates. MDA candidates include 31 Mizo National Front (MNF), 8 Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) and one Maraland Democratic Front (MDF) candidates. 38 Zoram Nationalist Party, 17 Bharatiya Janata Party, 2 Nationalist Congress Party and one Jai Maha Bharath Party candidate also contested. There were total six female candidates including 3 Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, one Congress, one MNF and one other female candidate. All the seats were reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates, except Lunglei South.
A voter-verifiable paper audit trail system was used in 10 seats for the first time. The seven armed battalion of state police and 31 companies of central para-military forces and other state police were deployed for peaceful election.
Results
The result was declared on December 9, 2013. Indian National Congress won 34 seats while Mizo National Front and Mizoram People's Conference won five and one seat respectively. Thus INC won majority and retained the assembly.