1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election

25 November 1998

All 40 seats in the Mizoram Legislative Assembly
21 seats needed for a majority
Registered445,366
Turnout76.32%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Zoramthanga T. Sailo Lal Thanhawla
Party MNF MPC INC
Leader's seat Champhai Mamit Serchhip
Seats before 14 0 16
Seats won 21 12 6
Seat change 7 12 10
Popular vote 24.99% 20.44% 29.77%

CM before election

Lal Thanhawla
INC

Elected CM

Zoramthanga
MNF

Elections to the Mizoram Legislative Assembly were held in November 1998 to elect members of the 40 constituencies in Mizoram, India. The Mizo National Front won the most seats and formed a coalition with Mizoram People's Conference, but the coalition did not last long as MNF had gained enough seats to form a government on their own. The leader of MNF, Zoramthanga was appointed as the Chief Minister of Mizoram. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote. Zoramthanga had become the leader of the Mizo National Front in 1990, after the death of its previous leader, Laldenga.