Mizo National Front wins lone LS seat in Mizoram

Ruling Mizo National Front emerged winner in the lone LS seat in the state despite several parties forming an alliance to defeat the Front.

Despite several political parties forming an alliance to defeat the ruling Mizo National Front in the the lone Lok Sabha seat in the state, the Front emerged winner.

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MNF's Vanlalzawma defeated his main rival Laltluangliana Khiangte, an independent backed by Congress, the Mizoram People's Congress (MPC) and the Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP), by a margin of 23,694 votes, a huge margin for a total electorate of five lakh.

Vanlalzawma polled 1,82,864 votes and Khiangte secured 1,59,170 while Tlangdingliana of Ephraim Union managed to get only 6,514.

This time, the MNF polled 52.95 percent, while the three opposition combine secured 46.09 per cent and Ephraim Union made its presence known by 1.89 percent of the votes in the election to the state's lone Lok Sabha seat.

Victory of the MNF was attributed to the pro-incumbency factor, personal popularity of its candidate and the fact that the opposition alliance could not successfully work together.