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The campaign for the 40-member Mizoram Assembly elections ended Monday at 4 pm, paving the way for Wednesday's polls, while 7.70,395 people are expected to vote in the polls. this state of the north-east of the country.
Ashish Kundra, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), said she was ready to conduct free and fair elections. S addressing reporters, Mr. Kundra said he was "perfectly satisfied" with the arrangements.
Mizoram is the last bastion of Congress in the northeast. Congress has been in power in the state since 2008 and is considering a third consecutive term.
In the 2013 congressional elections, Congress won 34 seats, compared with five for the Mizo National Front (MNF) and one seat for the Mizoram Popular Conference.
The Congress and the main opposition, the MNF, each presented 40 candidates, while the BJP has 39 seats. The Zoram Peoples Movement (ZPM), an alliance of two political parties and four groups, will hold 35 seats.
The Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) stated that public meetings and door-to-door approaches had been held. villages under the close supervision of the Mizoram Peoples Forum (MPF), the election watchdog sponsored by the church.
Unlike the past, the MNF ignored the common platform where contending candidates shared a scene. The presentation of political party flags and posters has been minimized under the supervision of pilot groups and MPF.
Electoral campaign offices were opened in all villages and several field offices were set up in larger towns and cities. . We saw supporters of candidates visiting relatives of other villages to get their support.
The campaign has reached maturity in the state with the use of social media platforms such as Facebook and Whatsapp. The TV and radio campaign ran as in previous years, but this time, social media was widely used to appeal to young voters.
On the main polls, the ruling Congress relied on its new Land Use Policy (NLUP), which brought the party to power for two consecutive terms.
The campaign culminated last week with the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, and Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
Except Gandhi, who delivered a speech. A rally in the state capital, other top officials did not discuss the election rally in Aizawl.
As Modi traveled to Aizawl on Friday to meet with district BJP candidates and civil society leaders, he went to a rally in the south of the country. Lunglei City in Mizoram
Shah spoke at rallies in Lawngtlai town, in southern Mizoram, and in the northernmost city of Vairengte. Gandhi spoke at public gatherings in Champhai, near the town of Aizawl, on the border with Myanmar.
Among the leading leaders who campaigned in this state, the Minister of the Interior of the Union, Rajnath Singh, DoNER Minister, Jitendra Singh, leader of the National People's Party (NPP) and Chief Meghalaya Minister Conrad Sangma.
The Election Commission decided to hold elections for Bru refugees in Mamit district in Mizoram, even as tribal community leaders feared for their safety in their home country.
Place of voting since 11,232, Brus, who resides in Tripura, is a bone of contention that has led to the replacement of the then Chief Electoral Officer, SB Shashank, less than two weeks before the elections .
Shashank was accused of having facilitated the vote. by Bru voters in Tripura relief camps.
Congress introduced a new policy entitled New Economic Development Program (NEDP), designed as a point of convergence with the NLUP. each beneficiary family.
The MNF, of the opposition, pledged financial support of Rs 3 per rupiah to each family as part of the socio-economic development policy (SEDP), the closure of the liquor stores and the imposition of prohibition on the will of the powerful church.
Mizoram's BJP depends on development work led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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