1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

1984 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
← 1979 25 April 1984 1987 →
All 30 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly
16 seats needed for a majority
Registered256,530
Turnout73.43%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lal Thanhawla T. Sailo
Party INC(I) MPC
Leader's seat Serchhip Buarpi
Seats before 5 18
Seats won 20 8
Seat change Increase15 Decrease10
Popular vote 39.81% 32.67%
CM before election

T. Sailo
MPC

Elected CM

Lal Thanhawla
INC

Elections to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly were held in April 1984 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in Mizoram, India. The Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party and Lal Thanhawla was appointed as the Chief Minister of Mizoram.[1]

  1. ^ "Lal Thanhawla - the CM who wanted to step aside". The Week. PTI. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021. Thanhawla was again elected as leader of the opposition. He became the chief minister after the next election in 1984 when Congress captured power