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Asserting that the MNF's efforts to integrate Zo tribes will reap electoral benefits for the party, he said people fleeing from Myanmar, Bangladesh and Manipur feel safe in Mizoram which is ruled by his party. Polling for the 40-member Mizoram assembly is underway amid tight security arrangements, and it will continue till 4 pm.
In Mizoram, where most seats are designated for Scheduled Tribes (STs), the primary competition is between the incumbent Mizo National Front (MNF), the Congress party, and the Zoram People's Movement, while the BJP aspires to play a pivotal role in the political landscape.
Mizoram Election 2023: The maximum voter turnout of 84.49 per cent was recorded in the Serchhip district, as per the data on the Voter Turnout app. Among the assembly constituencies, Tuikum-27 recorded the highest voter turnout with 87.32 per cent. Check moren details here:
India News: Exuding confidence that there will not be hung assembly in Mizoram as the ruling MNF will sweep the polls, Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Tuesday said
Mizoram Additional Chief Electoral Officer H Lianzela said that voting like in previous years has been peaceful, incident-free and there has been no law and order-related problem till now". “Due to malfunctioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in a few polling stations initially caused some delay in balloting. The officials immediately replaced the EVMs and voting resumed,” an election official said.