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Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013

Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013
India
← 2008 25 November 2013

All 40 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout 81%
  First party Second party
  Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg
Leader Pu Lalthanhawla Pu Zoramthanga
Party INC MNF
Seats before 32 3
Seats after 34 5
Seat change Increase2 Increase2

Chief Minister before election

Pu Lalthanhawla
INC

Elected Chief Minister

Pu Lalthanhawla
INC


Pu Lalthanhawla
INC

Pu Lalthanhawla
INC

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.

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.


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