YEAR ENDER 2018: Mizo National Front takes office in Mizoram after a decade
Elections | December 26, 2018 11:34 ISTIn the November 28 Assembly polls, the MNF secured 26 seats, five more than an absolute majority in the 40-member Assembly.
In the November 28 Assembly polls, the MNF secured 26 seats, five more than an absolute majority in the 40-member Assembly.
MNF bagged 26 seats out of the 40-member Assembly in the recently concluded state elections.
Half of the newly elected legislators in the Mizoram Assembly are first time MLAs.
The MNF won 26 seats in the 40-member assembly, a gain of 21 seats since 2013.
The MNF returned to power in the state after a gap of 10 years, winning 26 seats in the 40-member assembly.
The Congress appeared set to wrest Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh from the BJP, which was trailing marginally in Madhya Pradesh in a cliffhanger.
With the results, the Congress has now lost power in all the seven states in the northeast.
In the eight district headquarters, counting will begin at 13 counting centres, Kundra said.
The results of the crucial assembly polls in five states, seen as a semi-final to next year's Lok Sabha elections, are set to be declared on December 11.
The saffron party will win the 2019 elections because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's hard work and then no one can dethrone it for the next 50 years, Shah had said at the party’s National Executive meet in September.
The state had an electorate of 7,70,395, which included 3,94,897 female voters. There were 209 candidates, 15 of them women, in the fray.
Lalramhluna, an Executive Engineer (Highways) of PWD, the presiding officer at Sachan polling station in Thorang seat came to collect polling materials at Saikuti Hall after consuming alcohol.
Only 18 or merely nine per cent of the candidates are female.
If the BJP is voted to power, it would develop infrastructure including roads in the bordering state of Mizoram, Singh said.
The order came after a high-level Election Commission team held meetings last week, including with the Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee (MNCC), which had been spearheading the state-wide protests for Shashank's removal and reinstatement of the ousted Principal Secretary (Home).
The names suggested by the government were -- Lalhmingthanga, H Lalengmawia and K Lalthawmmawia -- the official said on the condition of anonymity.
The team, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain, would be visiting the state two days after the CEO was summoned to Delhi by the EC.
The ruling Congress, the opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have fielded candidates in all the 40 constituencies, while the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) will contest 35 seats, sources in the parties said.
The party had moved the plea citing the law and order situation in the northeastern state.
Earlier, Hiphei on Monday had resigned from his post, the House as well as the Congress, and joined the BJP, saying its central leadership had promised to enhance powers of the state's autonomous district councils.
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