MNF

The Election Commission on November 2 announced that the ruling Mizo National Front's (MNF) candidate K Laldawngliana won the byelection to the Tuirial assembly seat in Mizoram. Laldawngliana won the election by a margin of 1,284 votes against the Zoram People's Movement's (ZPM) Laltlanmawia. The seat was vacated after the death of ZPM's associate MLA Andrew H Thangliana. The MNF now has 28 MLAs in the 40-member assembly.