Aizawl: BJP wins in Mara Autonomous Assembly elections District Council (MADC) has won 41 out of 99 gram panchayats state election commission (SEC) announced this on Thursday.
The Mizo National Front (MNF), which is the ruling party in the state, managed to win 25 village councils, while the Congress and the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPO)zpm) got eight and two gram sabhas respectively. Independents won one village council, while there is no clear majority in 22 gram sabhas.
Of the total 492 village council seats, the BJP won 232, including 47 reserved for women.
The MNF won 127 seats including 33 reserved, followed by the Congress which won 78 including 15 reserved seats.
About 33,432 of the 43,120 voters, including 16,988 women, exercised their franchise in the MADC’s election on Tuesday.
The success of the saffron party is being attributed to the political result of the resignation of the Minister of State. of nettleWho was elected from Siaha assembly constituency in 2018 assembly elections.
Beichua had resigned on December 13 last year.
Beichua was asked to get down CM Zoramthanga Following the defection of some MNF members of the District Council (MDC), considered close to the former, resulted in the fall of the MNF-Congress coalition government in the MDC and the installation of a BJP government.
Political analysts predict that the BJP, which currently has only one MLA, could win more seats when elections to the 40-member state assembly are held by the end of this year. The MADC is one of the three Autonomous District Councils constituted under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. While the MADC is currently governed by the BJP, the Lai Autonomous District Council is under the rule of the MNF. The Chakma Autonomous District Council has been under governor’s rule since last December for “lack of a politically stable government”, even though all 20 members of the CADC belonged to the MNF.
The Mizo National Front (MNF), which is the ruling party in the state, managed to win 25 village councils, while the Congress and the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPO)zpm) got eight and two gram sabhas respectively. Independents won one village council, while there is no clear majority in 22 gram sabhas.
Of the total 492 village council seats, the BJP won 232, including 47 reserved for women.
The MNF won 127 seats including 33 reserved, followed by the Congress which won 78 including 15 reserved seats.
About 33,432 of the 43,120 voters, including 16,988 women, exercised their franchise in the MADC’s election on Tuesday.
The success of the saffron party is being attributed to the political result of the resignation of the Minister of State. of nettleWho was elected from Siaha assembly constituency in 2018 assembly elections.
Beichua had resigned on December 13 last year.
Beichua was asked to get down CM Zoramthanga Following the defection of some MNF members of the District Council (MDC), considered close to the former, resulted in the fall of the MNF-Congress coalition government in the MDC and the installation of a BJP government.
Political analysts predict that the BJP, which currently has only one MLA, could win more seats when elections to the 40-member state assembly are held by the end of this year. The MADC is one of the three Autonomous District Councils constituted under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. While the MADC is currently governed by the BJP, the Lai Autonomous District Council is under the rule of the MNF. The Chakma Autonomous District Council has been under governor’s rule since last December for “lack of a politically stable government”, even though all 20 members of the CADC belonged to the MNF.