Lok Sabha polls 2024: Mizoram to vote in Phase 1. Here are the key candidates
Representational image of a voter getting marked by ink after casting vote.
Mizoram has a single seat in the Lok Sabha. Mizoram is scheduled to vote in the first phase of the elections on April 19, 2024. In the first phase, votes will be cast in 91 constituencies across 18 states and 2 Union Territories.
List of candidates for 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Mizoram:
Mizoram, which has 44 assembly seats, will see a tight competition between candidates including:
K. Vanlalvena - Mizo National Front (MNF)
Richard Vanlalhmangaiha - Zoram People's Movement (ZPM)
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Lalbiakzama - Indian National Congress (INC)
Vanhlalmuaka - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Rita Malsawmi - Mizoram People's Conference (MPC)
Lalhriatrenga Chhangte - Independent
Key contenders:
Richard Vanlalhmangaiha of the Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) is one of the top contenders in the Mizoram Lok Sabha elections. ZPM which was registered as a political party in 2019, won the 2023 Mizoram Assembly elections. It is the first time a candidate from the Zoram People's Movement is running for Lok Sabha polls.
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"I started my election campaign on April 2 and I came back yesterday. Within two weeks I went all around Mizoram. I met villagers, farmers, government servants and all different types of communities. Everyone is after ZPM. We have a very great opportunity to win...There is no coalition. We are fighting the elections from all six corners; MNF, Congress, ZPM, PC, BJP and one independent... Mizoram is lacking industries in the agriculture sector," Vanlalhmangaiha told ANI on Monday (April 15).
Another key candidate includes Mizo National Front's K. Vanlalvena. MNF won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. K. Vanlalvena is a Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 schedule:
Voting for Lok Sabha elections will be conducted in 7 phases with the first phase on April 19, the second phase on April 26, the third phase on May 7, the fourth on May 13, the fifth on May 20, the sixth on May 25 and the seventh on June 1. The counting of votes will take place on June 4 and the result will be declared on the same day.
