The ruling Congress has secured two-third majority in the Mizoram Assembly by winning 33 seats in the 40-member House. The opposition
Mizoram Democratic Alliance secured six seats and Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP), BJP, NCP and Jai Mahabharat (JMB) ended with nil. The Congress had secured 32 out of 40 seats in 2008 Assembly elections. Chief Minister and MPCC President Lal Thanhawla won from both Serchhip and Hrangturzo seats. However, Finance Minister Mr Liansailova and Tourism Minister S Hiato lost the elections.

The results were declared for 39 seats. Re-poll for Lawngtlai East Constituency in Southern Mizoram will be held tomorrow. It was necessitated due to a defect in an EVM. The counting will take place on Thursday.

Counting took an arduous 15 hours yesterday, due to a technical problem and power disruptions. Over 81 per cent voters exercised their franchise during the elections on the 25th of last month.This is for the fifth time the Congress has come to power in the northeastern state of Mizoram, which shares borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.