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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name     = 2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
| country           = India
| type              = parliamentary
| ongoing           =
| previous_election = 2008 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election
| previous_year     = 2008
| previous_mps      = 
| election_date     = 25 November 2013
| elected_mps       =
| next_election     = Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2018
| next_year         = 2018
| next_mps          =
| seats_for_election = All 40 seats in the [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]]
| majority_seats    = 21
| opinion_polls     =
| turnout           =83.41%
<!-- Congress -->
| image1            = [[File:Lal Thanhawla.jpg|110px]]
| leader1           = [[Lal Thanhawla]]  
| party1            = Indian National Congress
|alliance1          = United Progressive Alliance
| leader_since1     = 
| leaders_seat1     = 
| last_election1    =
| seats_before1     = 32
| seats1            = 34
| seat_change1      ={{increase}}2
| popular_vote1     = 255,917
| percentage1       = 44.3%
| swing1            = {{increase}}5.7%
<!-- MNF -->
| image2            = [[File:Zoramthanga in 2008.jpg|110px]]
| leader2           = [[Zoramthanga]]
| party2            = Mizo National Front
| alliance2         = MDA
| leader_since2     =
| leaders_seat2     = 
| last_election2    = 
| seats_before2     = 3
| seats2            = 5
| seat_change2      ={{increase}}2
| popular_vote2     = 164,305
| percentage2       = 28.7%
| swing2            = {{decrease}}2.0%
<!-- ZNP -->
| image3            = 
| leader3           = [[Lalduhoma]]  
| party3            = Zoram Nationalist Party
|alliance3          = 
| leader_since3     = 
| leaders_seat3     = 
| last_election3    =
| seats_before3     = 2
| seats3            = 0
| seat_change3      = {{decrease}}2
| popular_vote3     = 99,916
| percentage3       = 17.3%
| swing3            = {{increase}}7.3%
<!-- map -->
| map_image         = 2013 Mizoram election result.svg
| map_size          = 350px
| map_caption       =
<!-- bottom -->
| title             = Chief Minister
| before_election   = [[Pu Lalthanhawla]]
| before_party      = Indian National Congress 
| after_election    =Pu Lalthanhawla
| after_party       =Indian National Congress 
}}
The '''Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013''' was held on 25 November 2013 in all 40 constituencies of the [[Legislative Assembly of Mizoram]]. Results were declared on 9 December.<ref>{{cite web|title=EC revises dates for Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/10/ec-revises-dates-for-mizoram-assembly-elections-2013/|accessdate=23 October 2013}}</ref> The main contest was between incumbent the [[Indian National Congress]] and the [[Mizo National Front]] led Mizoram Democratic Alliance. Incumbent Chief Minister [[Pu Lalthanhawla]] and his party [[Indian National Congress]] won a majority and continued in government.

==Background==
The election for 40 seats legislative assembly was held on 25 November 2013. There were 6.9 lakh eligible voters.<ref name=rdf>{{cite news|url=http://m.rediff.com/news/report/assembly-poll-mp-madhya-pradesh-to-vote-tomorrow-to-elect-230-member-assembly/20131124.htm|title=81 per cent turnout in peaceful polling in Mizoram|work=Rediff News|date=2013-11-24|accessdate =2013-12-09}}</ref> [[Voter-verified paper audit trail]] (VVPAT) along with EVMs was used on a large-scale for the first time in India,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/vvpat-training-in-tripura/cid/1423296|title=VVPAT training in Tripura|date=7 November 2017|newspaper=The Telegraph|location=India|first=Debraj|last=Deb|accessdate=9 December 2018}}</ref> in 10 assembly seats out of 40  in Mizoram elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vvpats-to-be-used-on-largescale-for-1st-time-in-mizoram-polls/article5370922.ece|title=VVPATs to be used on large-scale for 1st time in Mizoram polls|work=The Hindu|date=2013-11-24|accessdate =2013-12-09}}</ref> The seven armed battalion of state police and 31 companies of central para-military forces and other state police were deployed for peaceful election.<ref name=rdf/>

===Candidates===

There were total 142 candidates including 40 Congress and 40 Mizoram Democratic Alliance (MDA) candidates. MDA candidates include 31 Mizo National Front (MNF), 8 [[Mizoram People's Conference]] (MPC) and one [[Maraland Democratic Front]] (MDF) candidates. 38 [[Zoram Nationalist Party]], 17 [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], 2 [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and one Jai Maha Bharath Party candidate also contested. There were total six female candidates including 3 Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, one Congress, one MNF and one other female candidate. All the seats were reserved for [[Scheduled Tribe]] candidates, except Lunglei South.<ref name=rdf/>

==Results==
The result was declared on 9 December 2013. [[Indian National Congress]] won a large majority of 34 out of 40 seats. [[Mizo National Front]] and [[Mizoram People's Conference]] won five seats and one seat respectively. 81% of eligible voters turned out to vote.<ref>{{cite web|last= |first= |title= Assembly Elections December 2013 Results|work= ECI|publisher= Election Commission of India|date= |url= http://eciresults.ap.nic.in|archive-url= https://www.webcitation.org/6LocAsgys?url=http://eciresults.ap.nic.in/|archive-date= 12 December 2013|url-status= dead|access-date= 17 April 2019|df= dmy-all}}</ref>
<section begin=Results />{{election table|title=Summary of results of the [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, 2013]]<ref name=Miz2013>{{cite web |url= http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm |title= Assembly Elections December 2013 Results |publisher= Election Commission of India |access-date= April 3, 2014}}</ref> |sortable=yes}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;"
! class="unsortable"|<!-- color -->
! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats <br> Contested !! Won !! Net Change <br> in seats !! % of <br> Seats
! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in <br>vote %
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| {{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|
| - || 34 || {{increase}} 2 || 85.0 || || - || {{decrease}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Mizo National Front}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Mizo National Front]]
|
| - || 5 || {{increase}} 2 || 12.5 || || - || {{increase}}
|-
| {{party color cell|Mizoram People's Conference}}
| style="text-align:left;" |[[Mizoram People's Conference]]
|
| - || 1 || {{decrease}} 1 || 2.5 || || - || {{decrease}}
|- class="unsortable" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan = 3|
! style="text-align:center;" |Total !! 40 !! style="text-align:center;" |Voters !!  !! style="text-align:center;" |Turnout
! colspan = 2|81%
|}
{{election table|title=Summary of the 25 November 2013 [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]] election results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MizoramAE_2013_stat_report.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718182930/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/MizoramAE_2013_stat_report.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |archive-date=18 July 2014 |author= |access-date= 6 June 2021}}</ref>}}
|-
| colspan="7"| [[File:Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2013.svg|center|300px]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" 
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9" 
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="45"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-style="text-align:right"
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 255,917 || 44.3 ||{{increase}}5.4
| 34 || {{increase}}2
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Mizo National Front}}"|
| align="left"| [[Mizo National Front]] (MNF)
| 164,305 || 28.4 ||{{decrease}}2.3
| 5 || {{increase}}2
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="blue"|
| align="left"| [[Zoram Nationalist Party]] (ZNP)
| 99,916 || 17.3 ||{{increase}}7.3
| 0 || {{decrease}}2
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Mizoram People's Conference}}"|
| align="left"| [[Mizoram People's Conference]] (MPC)
| 35,269 || 6.1 ||{{decrease}}4.3
| 1 || {{decrease}}1
|-style="text-align:right"
|
| align="left" | [[Maraland Democratic Front]] (MDF)
| 5,433 || 0.9 ||{{increase}}0.1
| 0 || {{decrease}}1
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| align="left" | [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| 4,835 || 0.8 ||{{increase}}0.7
| 0 || {{steady}}
|-style="text-align:right"
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| align="left" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
| 2,139 || 0.4 ||{{steady}}
| 0 || {{steady}}
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 1,764 || 0.3 ||{{decrease}}7.4
| 0 || {{steady}}
|-style="text-align:right"
|
| align="left"| Jai Maha Bharath Party (JMBP)
| 29 || 0.0 ||{{steady}}
| 0 || {{steady}}
|-style="text-align:right"
| bgcolor="black"|
| align="left"| None of the Above (NOTA)
| 8,810 || 1.5 ||{{increase}}1.5
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="text-align:right; font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 573,417 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 40 || ±0
|-
|}<section end=Results />

==Elected Members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Constituency
!MLA
!colspan=2|Party
|-
|[[Aizawl South 1 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl South 1]]|| R Vanlalvena || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl South 2 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl South 2]]|| Col ZS Zuala || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl South 3 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl South 3]]|| KS Thanga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl North 1 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl North 1]]|| R Romawia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl North 2 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl North 2]]|| Lalthanliana || {{Full party name with color|Mizoram People's Conference}}
|-
|[[Aizawl North 3 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl North 3]]|| Lalthanzara || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl East 1 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl East 1]]|| R Lalrinawma || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl East 2 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl East 2]]|| [[Lalsawta]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Aizawl West 1 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl West 1]]|| K Sangthuama || {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
|-
|[[Aizawl West 2 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl West 2]]|| Lalruatkima || {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
|-
|[[Aizawl West 3 (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Aizawl West 3]]|| [[Vanlalzawma]] || {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
|-
|[[Serlui (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Serlui]]|| K Lalrinthanga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tuivawl (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tuivawl]]|| R.L. Pianmawia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Chalfilh (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Chalfilh]]|| Dr H Ngurdingliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tawi (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tawi]]|| [[R Lalzirliana]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Dampa (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Dampa]]|| Lalrobiaka || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Hachhek (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Hachhek]]|| Lalrinmawia Ralte || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Mamit (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Mamit]]|| John Rotluangliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tuirial (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tuirial]]|| Hmingdailova Khiangte || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Kolasib (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Kolasib]]|| PC Zoramsangliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lengteng (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lengteng]]|| H Rohluna || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tuichang (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tuichang]]|| [[Lalrinliana Sailo]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Champhai North (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Champhai North]]|| TT Zothansanga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Champhai South (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Champhai South]]|| JH Rothuama || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[East Tuipui (Legislative Assembly constituency)|East Tuipui]]|| T Sangkunga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Serchhip (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Serchhip]]|| [[Lal Thanhawla]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tuikum (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tuikum]]|| Er Lalrinawma || {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
|-
|[[Hrangturzo (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Hrangturzo]]|| Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[South Tuipui (Legislative Assembly constituency)|South Tuipui]]|| John Siamkunga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lunglei North (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lunglei North]]|| PC Lalthanliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lunglei South (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lunglei South]]|| S Laldingliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lunglei East (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lunglei East]]|| Joseph Lalhimpuia || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lunglei West (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lunglei West]]|| Chalrosanga Ralte || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Thorang (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Thorang]]|| [[Zodintluanga Ralte]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[West Tuipui (Legislative Assembly constituency)|West Tuipui]]|| NK Chakma || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Tuichawng (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Tuichawng]]|| [[Buddha Dhan Chakma]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lawngtlai West (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lawngtlai West]]|| C Ngunlianchunga || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Lawngtlai East (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Lawngtlai East]]|| H Zothangliana || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|[[Saiha (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Saiha]]|| [[K. Beichhua]] || {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
|-
|[[Palak (Legislative Assembly constituency)|Palak]]|| [[Hiphei]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|}

==References==
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