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All 40 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly 21 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 611,618 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 82.35% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elections to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly were held on 2 December 2008, [1] the counting was done on 8 December 2008. [2] [3] There were 40 seats for the assembly elections. The Indian National Congress swept the elections by winning 32 seats, Mizo National Front 3, others 5. [4] [5]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Indian National Congress | 195,614 | 40.03 | 32 | +20 | |
Mizo National Front | 154,132 | 31.54 | 3 | –17 | |
Mizoram People's Conference | 38,684 | 7.92 | 2 | –1 | |
Zoram Nationalist Party | 51,403 | 10.52 | 2 | 0 | |
Maraland Democratic Front | 4,206 | 0.86 | 1 | 0 | |
Others | 5,988 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | |
Independents | 38,684 | 7.92 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 488,711 | 100.00 | 40 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 488,711 | 99.86 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 709 | 0.14 | |||
Total votes | 489,420 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 611,618 | 80.02 | |||
Source: ECI [6] |
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