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Mizoram · Assembly Constituency 8 · 1979Reserved (ST)

Tawipui

Winner — 1979

B. LALCHUNGUNGA
PPC
PPC 43.0%INC(I) 40.0%1 others 16.9%
Votes
1,995
43.0% share
Winning margin
138
3.0% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
69.1%
of 6,707

A closely fought contest. B. LALCHUNGUNGA won with a 3.0% margin.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
B. LALCHUNGUNGA
PPC
1,99543.0%
2
SANGHLIRA COLBERT
INC(I)
INC
1,85740.0%
3
T. LALMAWIA
Janata
78516.9%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (23rd), a typical margin, a two-to-three-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
3.0%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 8.2% · min 0.2% · max 26.4%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
81%
lowerhigher
23rd of 40

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.90
fewer partiesmore parties
13th of 40

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.4%
lowerhigher
12th of 40

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.90EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PPC 43.0%INC(I) 40.0%JNP 16.9%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — more literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
4,00,309
Density
112 / km²
Sex ratio
1009 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,576 km²
SC population0.2%
ST population93.3%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
95%CHRISTIAN
Christian 94.7%Other 5.3%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water67.9%
Electricity97.4%
Sanitation98.9%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.4%
Children fully vaccinated66.4%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER25.3%
Children underweight (under 5)9.6%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER31.7%
Women literate98.9%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER3.2%
Clean cooking fuel95.4%
Health insurance37.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
Known forDISTRICT
🏺Dragon Fruit🏷️GingerGI🏺Passion Fruit

Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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