ZPM set to form govt after landslide win in Mizoram, Lalduhoma to stake claim after meeting MLAs

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Aizawl: The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM), an alliance of six parties, has cruised to victory in the Mizoram assembly elections, winning 27 seats out of 40 and reducing the incumbent Mizo National Front (MNF) to just 10...

Outgoing Chief Minister Zoramthanga who lost his own Aizawl East I seat to the ZPMs Lalthansanga by a margin of over 2,100 votes submitted his resignation to Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at 4 pm Monday.. Assembly elections were held in Mizoram on 7 November and the votes were counted Monday..

I am satisfied and accept the verdict of the people, and I hope that the next government will perform, he said.. Zoramthanga, who is also president of the ruling MNF, had been riding high during the electioneering on the issue of giving shelter to the tens of thousands of refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh as well as over 11,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from neighbouring Manipur...

The results also give indications that the MNF is doing well in the border areas with Myanmar and Manipur while the ZPM is making stronger inroads in the urban areas, especially in Aizawl district and south Mizorams Lunglei district, where the ZPM won 11 seats out of 12 and four seats out of six respectively...

It is a big day for women in Mizoram, she said.. Lalthansanga, who defeated Zoramthanga in his constituency, said, It is my best campaign performance since 1993I thank all the people who voted ZPM and trust Lalduhoma to be the chief minister of Mizoram..

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