Zoram People's Movement, led by Lalduhoma, won power in Mizoram in a landslide, ending Mizo National Front rule.¹

It won 27 of the 40 seats.

That left it 6 seats clear of a majority.

The MNF followed with 10 seats.

ZPM took 67.5% of the seats from 37.9% of the vote.

That vote share was barely ahead of MNF's 35.1%.

The Election Commission announced Mizoram's schedule on 9 October 2023, setting nominations from 13 to 20 October, a single-phase poll on 7 November, and counting initially set for 3 December, alongside four other states.²

The ruling Mizo National Front, led by Zoramthanga, campaigned on implementing the 1986 Peace Accord in full. Congress, under Lalsawta, promised to reintroduce the Old Pension Scheme. The BJP, led locally by Vanlalhmuaka, promised 33% reservation for women in government jobs. The Zoram People's Movement, under Lalduhoma, contested all 40 seats alone, with no pre-poll alliance among the four parties.³⁴⁵⁶

Re-polling was held on 10 November 2023 at the Muallungthu centre in Aizawl South-III, after mock-poll data had not been cleared from the electronic voting machine before the original vote.⁷

The Commission then moved counting from 3 December to 4 December, a Sunday and a major holiday for the state's Christian-majority population.⁸

Both of Mizoram's long-dominant parties collapsed at once.

MNF fell to 10 seats after leading the outgoing government.

ZPM itself did not exist at the previous election; it went from 0 seats to 27.

The single biggest movement ran from MNF to ZPM, covering 20 of the 34 seats that changed hands.

Turnout, the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot, rose +1.0 pp from the previous election.

The closest race was Tuirial, Mizoram, decided by 13 votes — one of the tightest finishes anywhere that year.

Aizawl North-Ii, Mizoram was the most one-sided contest, won by 33.0% of the vote.

Thorang, Mizoram recorded the highest turnout of any seat, 88.7%.

Tuichawng, Mizoram carried the largest electorate of any seat, 36,191 registered voters.

Aizawl North-Iii, Mizoram drew the most crowded ballot, 7 candidates standing.

NOTA — "None of the Above", a ballot option letting voters formally reject every candidate on offer — drew 0.4% of the vote statewide.

The Mizo National Front signed the Mizoram Peace Accord with the Government of India on 30 June 1986, ending the insurgency in exchange for statehood. Mizoram became India's 23rd state, with a 40-member assembly, on 20 February 1987, and Laldenga became its first Chief Minister.⁹

ZPM became the first party other than MNF or Congress to form a Mizoram government since statehood.¹