Mizoram Election Results 2023 highlights: ZPM to form govt with 27 seats, MNF gets 10 seats

Zoram People's Movement chief and likely to be next Mizoram CM Lalduhoma. (PTI Photo)

Mizoram Election Results 2023 highlights: Welcome to our live coverage of the Mizoram assembly election results, a day after the results of four states – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh – were announced. The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) swept off the northeastern state with 27 seats out of the total 40 assembly seats - dethroning the Mizo National Front (MNF) who got 10 seats. The BJP came a distant third with two seats, while Congress managed to get one seat in the state.

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The exit poll results had indicated a neck-and-neck fight between the ruling MNF and former IPS officer Lalduhoma's ZPM. Some predicted that the ruling MNF, led by chief minister Zoramthanga, holds an advantage, while some have projected a victory for ZPM. As per the initial trends, the ZPM is looking poised to register a landslide victory.

MNF, ZPM and Congress contested in all 40 assembly seats, while BJP contested in only 23 seats in the state. Polling for the Mizoram assembly was held on November 7 with a voter turnout of 80.43 percent.

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Originally scheduled for December 3, the counting day was rescheduled to December 4. The Election Commission, in an official notification, cited the receipt of "several representations from various quarters" within Mizoram as the driving force behind this decision. The representations collectively requested a revision of the counting date from December 3, 2023 (Sunday), to another weekday. Chief Electoral Officer Madhup Vyas said that the poll body agreed to the request as “Sunday was devoted to church duties and prayers.”