Election in Mizoram 2014

Mizoram is a small state situated in the north eastern part of India. Earlier it was a part of Assam. There is only a single constituency in Mizoram. General elections will be conducted in the state during the second phase on 9th April.
 

Mizoram General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the general elections are as below:

Phase 2
No of PCs going to poll 1	(PC no. 1)
Issue of Notification	15 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations	22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations	24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll	11 Apr 14 (Fri)
Re-polling if any	14 Apr 14 (Mon)
Counting of Votes	16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed	28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Political Parties in Mizoram

The main political parties of the state are:

• The Indian National Congress
• The Bharatiya Janta Party
• The Janta Dal
• Mizo National Front
• Mizo People’s Conference
• Mizo Union
• Mizoram Nationalist Party
• Maraland Democratic Front

 

Administration Process

Chief minister holds the power to run the government. He along with his council of ministers are responsible for looking after the various departments like revenue, IT, finance, Development, etc. The constitutional head of the state is Governor and he is appointed by the President of India.
 

List of Chief Ministers of Mizoram

Sr. No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	Ch. Chhunga	May 3, 1972	May 10, 1977	Mizo Union
	President’s rule	May 11, 1977	Jun 1, 1978
2	Thenphunga Sailo	Jun 2, 1978	Nov 10, 1978	MPC
	President’s rule	Nov 10, 1978	May 8, 1979
3	Thenphunga Sailo	May 8, 1979	May 4, 1984	MPC
4	Pu Lalthanhawla	May 5, 1984	Aug 20, 1986	INC
5	Pu Laldenga	Aug 21, 1986	Sep 7, 1988	MNF
	President’s rule	Sep 7, 1988	Jan 24, 1989
6	Pu Lalthanhawla	Jan 24, 1989	Dec 3, 1998	INC
7	Pu Zoramthanga	Dec 3, 1998	Dec 11, 2008	MNF
8	Pu Lalthanhawla	Dec 11, 2008	Present	INC

 

List of Governors of Mizoram

Sr.No.	Name of Governors	From	To
1	S.P.Mukherjee	Apr 24, 1972	Jun 12, 1974
2	S.K.Chibber	Jun 13, 1974	Sep 26, 1977
3	N.P.Mathur	Sep 27, 1977	Apr 15, 1981
4	S.N.Kohli	Apr 16, 1981	Aug 9, 1983
5	H.S.Dubey	Aug 10, 1983	Dec 10, 1986
6	H.Saikia	Dec 11, 1986	Feb 19, 1987
7	Hiteswar Saikia	Feb 20, 1987	Apr 30, 1989
8	General K. V. Krishna Rao (additional charge)	May 1, 1989	Jul 20, 1989
9	Capt W.A.Sangma	Jul 21, 1989	Feb 7, 1990
10	Swaraj Kaushal	Feb 8, 1990	Feb 9, 1993
11	P.R.Kyndiah	Feb 10, 1993	Jan 28, 1998
12	Dr A.P.Mukherjee	Jan 29, 1998	May 1, 1998
13	A.Padmanabhan	May 2, 1998	Nov 30, 2000
14	Ved Marwah (additional charge)	Dec 1, 2000	May 17, 2001
15	Amolak Rattan Kohli	May 18, 2001	Jul 24, 2006
16	Lt. Gen (Retd) M.M.Lakhera	Jul 25, 2006	Aug 25, 2011
17	Shri Vakkom Purushothaman	Aug 26, 2011	Present