The party governing the territory held on to power, though with a smaller share of the assembly than before.

The People's Conference won 18 of the 30 seats on offer.

That was still 2 seats clear of the 16-seat majority mark.

Its nearest rival, the Independent, won 5 seats.

This election also brought national political splits to the territory's own ballot for the first time.

New parties, JNP, won seats in the assembly for the first time.

PPC's own seat count slipped from 22 to 18.

4 seats changed hands from the IND to the Indian National Congress (I) alone.

A few numbers from that election stand out.

The tightest race was in Demagiri, Mizoram, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 21 votes.

At the other end, Buarpui, Mizoram saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 67.9% of the vote.

About 79.4% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot in Suanpuilawn, Mizoram, the highest of any seat in the territory that year.

The most crowded ballot was in Chawngte, Mizoram, where 8 candidates stood.

This election was held under the same union territory arrangement as the one before it.

Mizoram's assembly stayed at 30 seats, matching the 30 from the previous election.