Constituency
28. Aizawl East
Community mirrorMizoram Assembly Election, 1979
MZ-AIZAWL-EAST
PPC 34.6%won by 0.7%INC 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedPPC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.1% to 0.7%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.6% between them, down from 75.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
6,287
Margin
42
0.67%
Candidates
5 contested · winner PPC- 1THANMAWILPPC · PPC2,17734.6%
- 2LALSANGZUALAIndian National Congress · INC2,13534.0%
- 3K. L. LIANCHIAIndependent · IND1,54824.6%
- 4THANGDELAIndependent · IND3415.4%
- 5PACHHUNGAJanata Party · JNP861.4%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- PPC
- Winner now
- PPC
- PPC–INC swing
- −45.7%
- PPC share
- 46.3% → 34.6%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- — → —