Mizoram: According to the Election Commission, the ruling Mizo National Front (MNF) won the bypoll for the Tuirial assembly seat in Mizoram on Tuesday with 39.96 percent of the total 14,561 votes cast. According to the EC, MNF candidate K Laldawngliana defeated Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) candidate Laltlanmawia by a margin of 1,284 votes. It said Laldawngliana received 5,820 votes, while Laltlanmawia received 4,536 votes (31.15 percent).

It said Laldawngliana received 5,820 votes, while Laltlanmawia received 4,536 votes (31.15 percent). Chalrosanga Ralte, a Congress candidate, came in third place with 3,927 votes (26.96 percent), while BJP nominee K Laldinthara received only 246 votes, or 1.68 percent of the total votes cast, according to the report. The Kolasib Government College hosted the vote counting.

According to election officials, there are 17,911 voters in the Tuirial constituency in the Kolasib district, and 81.29 percent of them voted in the bypoll held on October 30. According to them, none of the 663 Bru voters living in Tripura transit camps voted. This is the third bypoll in the Mizoram assembly's current term.

The incumbent MLA Andrew H Thangliana, who was allied with the ZPM, died in August, necessitating a bypoll for the Tuirial seat. The ruling MNF now has 28 MLAs in the 40-member assembly, while the Congress has five, the ZPM has one, and the BJP has one. There are five Independent MLAs in the ZPM's coalition.

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