Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013
25 November 2013
All 40 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 81%

  First party Second party
 
Leader Pu Lalthanhawla Pu Zoramthanga
Party INC MNF
Seats before 32 3
Seats won 34 5
Seat change Increase2 Increase2
Popular vote 255,917 164,305
Percentage 44.6% 28.7%
Swing Increase5.7% Decrease2.0%
Chief Minister before election

Pu Lalthanhawla
INC

 Elected Chief Minister

Pu Lalthanhawla
INC

The Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013 was held on 25 November 2013 in all 40 constituencies of the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram. Results were declared on 9 December.[1] The main contest was between incumbent the Indian National Congress and the Mizo National Front led Mizoram Democratic Alliance. Incumbent Chief Minister Pu Lalthanhawla and his party Indian National Congress won a majority and continued in government.

Background

The election for 40 seats legislative assembly was held on November 25, 2013. There were 6.9 lakh eligible voters.[2] Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India,[3] in 10 assembly seats out of 40 in Mizoram elections.[4] The seven armed battalion of state police and 31 companies of central para-military forces and other state police were deployed for peaceful election.[2]

Candidates

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.[2]

Results

The result was declared on 9 December, 2013. Indian National Congress won a large majority of 34 out of 40 seats. Mizo National Front and Mizoram People's Conference won five seats and one seat respectively. 81% of eligible voters turned out to vote.[5]

← Summary of the 25 November 2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election results[6]
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Won +/−
Indian National Congress (INC) 255,91744.6Increase5.7 34Increase2
Mizo National Front (MNF) 164,30528.7Decrease2.0 5Increase2
Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) 99,91617.4Increase7.2 0Decrease2
Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) 35,2696.2Decrease4.2 1Decrease1
Maraland Democratic Front (MDF) 5,4331.0Increase0.2 0Decrease1
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 4,8350.8Increase0.7 0Steady
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2,1390.4Steady 0Steady
Independents (IND) 1,7640.3Decrease7.4 0Steady
Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP) 290.0Steady 0Steady
None of the Above (NOTA) 8,8100.7Increase0.7 N/AN/A
Total 573,417100.00 40±0

References

  1. ↑ "EC revises dates for Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013". Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "81 per cent turnout in peaceful polling in Mizoram". Rediff News. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  3. ↑ "VVPAT training in Tripura".
  4. ↑ "VVPATs to be used on large-scale for 1st time in Mizoram polls". The Hindu. 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
  5. ↑ "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2013-12-12.
  6. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MizoramAE_2013_stat_report.pdf


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