Election at Mizoram: Can the BJP Make a Breach in this Citadel of Congress? | India News

NEW DELHI: Mizoram is the only stronghold of Congress in the northeast. The party has been in power since 2008 and is preparing for a third consecutive term in the 2018 badembly elections.

Will the election be a children's game for a party that won 34 of the 40 seats to be filled in the state in 2013? Most factors are in his favor. First, it has long been the dominant party of the state. Secondly, the opposition is fractured and the votes for the regional parties, the Mizo National Front, the Mizoram People's Conference and the Zoram Nationalist Party have not converted to seats. Consider this: in 2013, Mizo, the largest opposition party, won only 5 seats out of 40, despite a 29% share of the vote, compared with 34 for Congress with 31% of the vote. .

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Mizoram also offers several bragging points for Congress – he is one of the India's fastest growing states – its economy grew by 12% between 2013 and 2016, it is India's second best health indicator, the third best literacy rate in the world. India and, impressively, more voters than voters.

For the BJP, Mizoram is the last outpost to be won in the northeast. The saffron party leads or is part of the governments of all the northeastern states, with the exception of Mizoram. All eyes will therefore be on the state polls of 2018. So far, the BJP's strategy in the region has been to deploy flexible indindutva and create smart alliances. Neither worked in Mizoram – a state dominated by Christians. His fortune will now depend on post-election alliances that the party can concoct.