{"id":185838,"date":"2023-11-07T03:26:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T03:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/?p=185838"},"modified":"2023-11-07T03:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T03:26:16","slug":"mizoram-only-has-852088-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansapidnews.com\/india\/mizoram-only-has-852088-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizoram Only Has 852,088 Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Mizoram and Chhattisgarh (Phase I) go to the polls on November 7, 2023.<\/p>\n
Voters will elect 40 MLAs in Mizoram and 20 MLAs in Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n
Mizoram=<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to data collected by the Association for Democratic Reforms, of the 174 candidates in the fray, 156 are male and 18 are female.<\/p>\n The state has a total electorate of 852,088 of which 413,062 are male voters and 439,026 are women voters.<\/p>\n The smallest constituency is Thorang (14,909 voters) and the largest is Tuicawng (36,042 voters)<\/p>\n In the 2018 assembly elections, the Mizo National Front won 27 seats, the Congress 4, the BJP won a single seat while Independents won on 8 seats.<\/p>\n The Mizo National Front, the Congress and the Zoram People’s Movement each have fielded 40 candidates. The BJP has fielded 23, AAP 4 while 27 independent candidates are in the fray.<\/p>\n Chhattisgarh<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the 2018 assembly elections, of the 20 seats going to the polls in the first phase on Tuesday, 17 were won by the Congress, the BJP won 2 and one seat was won by the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J.<\/p>\n For the first phase, there are total of 40,78,680 voters of which 19,93,936 are male and 20,84,675 are female. The third gender comprises of 69.<\/p>\n The smallest constituency is Konta (166,839) and the largest one is Kawardha (331,615).<\/p>\n The BJP and the ruling Congress each have fielded 20 candidates. Bahujan Samaj Party (15), Janata Congress Chhattisgarh-J (15), AAP (10), Independent (73) and others (70) are also on the electoral fray.<\/p>\n Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani\/Rediff.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n