Constituency
29. Aizawl West
Community mirrorMizoram Assembly Election, 1979
MZ-AIZAWL-WEST
PPC 36.0%won by 15.0%INC 21.0%
What changed here
DerivedPPC held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.0% to 15.0%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1978.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.9% between them, down from 70.2% — 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
6,809
Margin
1,019
14.97%
Candidates
7 contested · winner PPC- 1ZAIREMTHANGAPPC · PPC2,44836.0%
- 2R. THANGLIANAIndian National Congress · INC1,42921.0%
- 3K. ZOLIANAIndependent · IND1,35219.9%
- 4LALNGHAKLIANAIndependent · IND6779.9%
- 5R. DOTINAIAJanata Party · JNP6139.0%
- 6SANGLIANCHHUNGIIndependent · IND1782.6%
- 7A. V. PAKUNGAIndependent · IND1121.6%
Since 1978
Derived- Winner then
- PPC
- Winner now
- PPC
- PPC–INC swing
- −30.1%
- PPC share
- 45.1% → 36.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 21.0%
- Turnout
- — → —