The Election Commission of India has announced the date for Mizoram Assembly Election 2023. The state is currently governed by the Mizo National Front (MNF) and is being led by Chief Minister Zoramthanga. The main challenger to the MNF is The Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) an alliance of six regional parties. On the other hand, the Congress will look to dethrone the MNF and the BJP will look to gain more seats in the state to strengthen its presence there. Mizoram assembly has a total of 40 seats and the majority mark is 21 seats. The MNF had won 27 seats in the last assembly election while the ZPM had bagged six seats, Congress five and the BJP one seat.
Mizoram has a total of 8,56,868 voters. Out of these, there are 8,51,895 general voters, 4,973 service voters, 50,611 young or first time voters, 3,243 PwD voters and 8,490 voters who are above 80 years old. There shall be maximum 1500 electors in a polling station. In Mizoram, the number of polling booths has been increased to 1,276 compared to 1,164 in 2018.
Mizoram Election 2023 Date, Time
The elections in Mizoram will be held in single phase on November 7. The filing of nominations will start on October 13. The voting time is likely to be between 7 am to 5 pm.
Mizoram Election 2023 Results
The polls for the 40 assembly seats are likely to be held in November and the counting of votes will take place on December 3 along with other poll-bound states.
Mizoram Election 2023 Full Schedule
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification: October 13
Start of nomination: October 13
Last Date of making nominations: October 20
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations: October 21
Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures: October 23
Date of Poll: November 7
Date of Counting: December 3
Date before which election shall be completed: December 5
Five states are going to the polls in November this year – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram. The results of these state assembly elections will be crucial given the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third straight term. The results are likely to be the true semi-finals in the run-up to the parliamentary polls next year.
