2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
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.
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All 40 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 83.41% ( 1.06%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
The election for 40 seats legislative assembly was held on 25 November 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]
| Political Party | Flag | Seats Contested | Won | Net Change in seats | % of Seats |
Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % | |
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| Indian National Congress | 40 | 34 | 2 | 85.0 | 2,55,917 | 45.83 | |||
| Mizo National Front | 31 | 5 | 2 | 12.5 | 1,64,305 | 28.65 | |||
| Mizoram People's Conference | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 35,269 | 32.02 | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 17 | 0 | 2,139 | 0.87 | |||||
| Total | 40 | Voters | 5,73,417 | Turnout | 81% | ||||
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Won | +/− | ||
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 255,917 | 44.3 | 5.4 | 34 | 2 | |
| Mizo National Front (MNF) | 164,305 | 28.4 | 2.3 | 5 | 2 | |
| Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) | 99,916 | 17.3 | 7.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) | 35,269 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maraland Democratic Front (MDF) | 5,433 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | 4,835 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 2,139 | 0.37 | 0.07 | 0 | ||
| Independents (IND) | 1,764 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 0 | ||
| Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP) | 29 | 0.0 | 0 | |||
| None of the Above (NOTA) | 8,810 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | — | |
| Total | 573,417 | 100.00 | 40 | ±0 | ||
Elected Members
References
- "EC revises dates for Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013". Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- "81 per cent turnout in peaceful polling in Mizoram". Rediff News. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- Deb, Debraj (7 November 2017). "VVPAT training in Tripura". The Telegraph. India. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- "VVPATs to be used on large-scale for 1st time in Mizoram polls". The Hindu. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
- "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". ECI. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- "Assembly Elections December 2013 Results". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 6 June 2021.