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Constituency

3. Saiha

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Mizoram Assembly Election, 1979

MZ-SAIHA

JNP 48.5%won by 2.4%PPC 46.1%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Independent (IND) lost it to Janata Party (JNP), which now leads by 2.4%.

  • JNP vote shareJNP went from 0.0% to 48.5% of the vote here (+48.5%).
  • New challengerPPC (PPC) finished second with 46.1% — it did not contest here in 1978.
  • Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.6% of the vote between them, up from 57.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
not in source
Turnout
not in source
Valid votes
5,881
Margin
140
2.38%

Candidates

3 contested · winner JNP
  1. 1S. VADYUJanata Party · JNP2,85348.5%
  2. 2R. T. ZACHONOPPC · PPC2,71346.1%
  3. 3B. SANGCHEMAIndependent · IND3155.4%

Since 1978

Derived
Winner then
IND
Winner now
JNPflipped
JNPPPC swing
+2.4%
JNP share
0.0% 48.5%
PPC share
0.0% 46.1%
Turnout