Overview
- Zoram People’s Movement, which won 17 of 19 seats in results declared Monday by the state election commission, takes charge of the Aizawl Municipal Corporation.
- H Lalremtluanga will serve as mayor and R. Lalawmpuii as deputy mayor following the party’s sweep of the city’s 19 wards.
- The Mizo National Front and the Congress took one seat each, while the BJP won none, reversing the MNF’s 2021 dominance.
- Counting began at 8 am at the Aizawl deputy commissioner’s office and proceeded peacefully after a 62.77% turnout from about 239,000 registered voters in the April 21 polls.
- ZPM captured all six seats reserved for women, a quota that rotates every five years across the 19 wards in the Aizawl civic body.