Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 1998

Ratu

Assembly constituency 21 (ST) · Mizoram

State boardMizoram 1998

[01]Result · 1998

#21 · ST

Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source

Contestants6

Electors11,464

Votes polled8,646

Turnout75.4%

NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013

WinnerLalthankungaMizo National Front3,73343.4% of votes

MARGIN940 votes · 10.9 pp3,733 − 2,793

Runner-upLalbiakzuala Indian National Congress2,79332.5% of votes

MNF 57.2% of top-two votesINC 42.8%

All candidates 6

01 LalthankungaMNF3,733 43.4%
02 LalbiakzualaINC2,793 32.5%
03 Vanlal Ruata RalteMNFN1,949 22.7%
04 LalberhumaIND67 0.8%
05 LalrammawiaJD45 0.5%
06 LalbuangaLS18 0.2%

Turnout 75.4%

Male 5,77050.3% Female 5,69449.7%

Share of 11,464 electors

Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males987
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
State median turnoutmedian of 40 seats, 199876.9%
ReconciliationΣ 6 candidates = 8,605Residual 41

Seat history 2023–1972

2023
0.3 pp
F.RodinglianaZoram People’s Movement
2018
12.6 pp
L.ThangmawiaMizo National Front
2013
1.3 pp
H .RohlunaIndian National Congress
2008
6.4 pp
H.RohlunaIndian National Congress
2003
2.3 pp
LalduhawmaZoram Nationalist Party
1998
10.9 pp
LalthankungaMizo National Front
1993
0.3 pp
LalrinchhanaMizo National Front
1989
2.5 pp
LalrinchhanaMizo National Front
1987
11.3 pp
LalrinchhanaIndependent
1984
3.0 pp
LalhuthangaIndian National Congress
1979
9.5 pp
C. VulluaiaPeoples Conference
1978
10.4 pp
TiangchhungaPeoples Conference
1972
2.2 pp
LalkungaIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 12.6 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

Third-placed MNFN polled 1,949 votes, 2.1× the 940-vote margin.
1,949 ÷ 940 = 2.1
The top two polled 75.5% of votes; the other 4 candidates 24.0% between them.
(3,733 + 2,793) ÷ 8,646 = 75.5% · 2,079 ÷ 8,646 = 24.0%
Turnout of 75.4% was 1.5 pp below the state's median seat (76.9%).
75.4 − 76.9 = −1.5
The margin widened from 0.3 pp in 1993 to 10.9 pp.
10.9 − 0.3 = +10.6 pp
MNF held the seat it won in 1993.
1993 MNF · 1998 MNF

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed

Candidate votesΣ 6 candidate lines8,605
NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
Published totalVotes polled8,646
Checkneither convention holdsResidual 41

Candidate votes miss the published total by 41, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 1998 · Mizoram · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates6 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 40 seats on the Mizoram Vidhan Sabha 1998 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database