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Mizoram election results HIGHLIGHTS: MNF gets clear majority, Zoramthanga to be CM

Mizoram Chief Minister and Congress candidate Lal Thanhawla lost from both his home turf Serchhip and the Champhai South seat.
Mizo National Front chief Zoramthanga (Photo | ANI)
Mizo National Front chief Zoramthanga (Photo | ANI)
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The Mizo National Front has swept the Congress out of power in Mizoram by grabbing a clear majority in the 40-member state assembly. MNF chief Zoramthanga is likely to take over as the next Chief Minister.

The Congress government under Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla had been in power since 2008. In the last assembly elections in 2013, the Congress won 34 seats. But such was the reversal in fortunes this time that Thanhawla lost from both his home turf Serchhip and the Champhai South seat on Tuesday.

He was defeated in Serchhip by the Zoram People's Movement's (ZPM) chief ministerial candidate Lalduhoma by a margin of 410 votes, they said.

He also lost to TJ Lalnuntluanga, a political novice and Mizo National Front (MNF) nominee, by a margin of 1,049 votes in Champhai South constituency near the Myanmar border.

MNF leads in 27 seats, Congress in six, BJP in one and Others in six

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Zoramthanga leading

Mizo National Front's Zoramthanga leading from Aizawl East

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Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla trailing

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Mizoram CM Lal Thanhawla is trailing from Serchhip

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Key candidates

Congress: Lal Thanhawla, Lal Thanzara, V Chawngthu

Mizo National Front: R Lalzirliana, Zoramthanga

BJP: V Hluna, Hiphei

Zoram People's Movement: Lalduhoma

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The Congress government is facing anti-incumbency over civic amenities such as the condition of roads in the state. It has also been tainted with graft charges. The party found itself in the same situation in the 1998 assembly polls when it lost to the Mizo National Front.

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The BJP’s mission of playing the kingmaker and claiming the credit of defeating the Congress in its last bastion in the Northeast – Mizoram –was trumped by the MNF.

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Currently, MNF a part of the North-East Regional Political Front, which supports the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA.

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MNF workers celebrate at party headquarters in Aizawl

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Serchhip: Lal Thanhawla lose to Lalduhoma

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