But amazingly, even though there is more women voters, very few female candidates come forward to participate in the polls. As per the 2011 Census, Mizoram recorded 976 females per 1,000 males (better than the national statistic of 943 per 1,000). The State has more women electorate (3,94,897) than their male counterparts. It is almost a homogenous society as 94 per cent of Mizoram residents are tribal and over 80 percent is Christian with few minority communities including Chakma and Bru. Mostly covered by hilly terrains, the State with an area of around 21,087 square kilometers has around 10 lakh population where 60 per cent of them are dependent on agriculture, mostly the Jhum (slash & burn) cultivation. Need not to mention that Mizoram is recognized as one of the most peaceful and literate States in the country, where most residents can understand and even speak English.
#The last bastion 1984 free
The picturesque State has already earned appreciations for the remarkably peaceful elections, where over 80 percent electorate out of over 7,70,000 voters exercised their franchise through electronic voting machines (EVM) in a free & fair atmosphere. Significantly there was only one lady legislator (of Congress) in the Assembly and this time no woman candidate could win the electoral battle. In the outgoing Assembly, the Congress had 34 legislators, where MNF had only five members. Even the five-time chief minister Lalthanhawla lost in two seats namely Champhai South and Serchhip Assembly constituency. Pu Lalthanhawla led Congress has been restricted into five seats only. An insurgent leader turned politician Zoram Thanga maintained that the MNF would continue its alliance with the BJP led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre. Pu Zoram Thanga led MNF won 26 seats in the 40-member State Legislative Assembly, where the former chief minister recorded victory from Aizawl East Assembly constituency paving the way to become the next chief minister of Mizoram. And finally the saffron party has fulfilled its dream to erase the Congress rule from all eight States of the region, which was otherwise identified as a stronghold for the oldest party of India. The Assembly polls outcome, which was declared on 11 December, also brought smile to the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), which has opened the account with a seat for the first time in the frontier State, bordering Myanmar in the east and Bangladesh in the west. After two consecutive terms, the ruling Congress faced tough challenges from the MNF in the Assembly elections held on 28 November and finally lost its claim, paving the way for emerging a ‘Congress Rule Free Northeast’ since the independence. As predicted the last bastion of Congress in northeast India has fallen and its rival Mizo National Front (MNF) emerged victorious.
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