Congress falls short of a majority
What happened
This assembly election produced a hung house — a result where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
The Indian National Congress edged ahead, winning 16 of the 40 seats on offer.
Its nearest rival, the Mizo National Front, followed closely with 14 seats.
Neither reached the 21-seat mark needed to govern alone.
What changed
The same party stayed in front, but this time without enough seats to govern on its own.
The INC slipped from 23 seats at the previous election to 16 this time.
A further 10 seats went to independent candidates.
3 parties in all won seats that year.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The tightest race was in Kawnpui, Mizoram, decided by a margin — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second — of just 18 votes.
At the other end, Chawngte, Mizoram saw the widest margin of the night, with the winner ahead by 36.5% of the vote.
About 88.1% of registered voters turned out to cast a ballot in Lokicherra, Mizoram, the highest of any seat in the state that year.
The most crowded ballot was in Lokicherra, Mizoram, where 7 candidates stood.
The backdrop
INC stayed in office as the single largest party, but without the outright majority it had held after the previous election.