Mizoram Assembly Election Results in 2008

Lalthanhawla led the Congress (INC) to a thumping victory in the December by trouncing the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF). National parties like the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), the INC (Indian National Congress), NCP (Nationalist Congress Party), state parties such as MNF (Mizo National Front), MPC (Mizoram People's Conference), ZNP (Zoram Nationalist Party) and other parties like JD(U) (Janata Dal (United)); registered (unrecognised) parties like the LB (Lok Bharati), the LJP (Lok Jan Shakti Party), the MDF (Maraland Democratic Front); and other independents submitted nomination papers.The Congress bagged 32 seats of the 40-member assembly, while the MNF could manage to win only three seats, and the third force, MPC and ZNP, only two seats each. Lalthanhawla was sworn in as the sixth chief minister of the state. No one before him has ever been chief minister four times in the state. Lt. General M. M. Lakhera was the governor in Mizoram at that time. There were 6,11,618 electors, and the total turnout was 80.02%.

List of Successful Candidates in Mizoram Assembly Election in 2008

See Also: Mizoram Assembly Election Results 2013

List of Participating Political Parties in Mizoram Assembly Election in 2008