List of constituencies of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly

Mizoram Legislative Assembly
9th Mizoram Assembly
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
Seats40
Elections
First past the post
Last election
 November 2023
Meeting place
Photo showing the entrance of a complex of tan colored buildings with dark red highlights, including large red letters reading "Assembly House" and "Mizoram, Aizawl". Near the front there's a rounded building covered in tinted windows, and farther back there's a rectangular high-rise building covered in similar windows
Legislative Assembly House,
Aizawl, Mizoram, India – 796001
Website
www.mizoramassembly.in
Location of Mizoram within India
Location of Mizoram (highlighted in red) within India

The Mizoram Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Mizoram state in Northeast India. The seat of the legislative assembly is at Aizawl, the capital of the state. The assembly comprises 40 members[1] directly elected from single-seat constituencies. It sits for a term of five years, unless it is dissolved earlier.[2]: 72  Early dissolution of state assemblies happens when the governing party (or alliance) loses confidence of the assembly. This leads to either the President's Rule being imposed on the state, or early elections being called. Mizoram is the fourth-smallest state in India, covering 21,081 km2 (8,139 sq mi); and the second-least populous state with a population of 1.10 million.[3] The Mizoram Legislative Assembly has existed since 1972, when it had 30 constituencies.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Tribes (ST) along with the Scheduled Castes (SC) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for STs and SCs.[2]: 35, 137 [4] The 2011 census of India stated that the indigenous population constitutes 95% of the state's total population.[5][6] The Scheduled Tribes have been granted a reservation of 39 seats in the Mizoram assembly, leaving only one (Aizawl East-I) unreserved.[7]

  1. ^ "Mizoram Legislative Assembly - History". Mizoram Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 28 September 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2024. The strength of the Assembly has also been increased to 40 elected seats.
  2. ^ a b "The Constitution of India [As on 9th December, 2020]" (PDF). Legislative Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Chapter 2 - Size, Growth rate and Rural-Urban distribution of population in Mizoram" (PDF). Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. ^ Kumar, K Shiva (17 February 2020). "Reserved uncertainty or deserved certainty? Reservation debate back in Mysuru". New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Demographic Status of Scheduled Tribe Population of India - Table 1.1" (PDF). Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Scheduled Tribes Chapter 4.2" (PDF). Planning Commission (India). 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2015.
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