In Mizoram Chakma Council elections to be held in May

Aizawl: Elections to the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) in Mizoram will be held in May, a senior official said on Thursday.

State Election Commissioner (SEC) Laima Chozah said the dates for the 20-member district council elections will be announced by the end of this month.
He said that the CADC elections will be held in May immediately after the current term ends.

He added that the current term of the council will end in the first week of May.
The State Election Commission published the final lists for Chakma Council on Wednesday. There are 35,885 voters including 17,677 women.

Among the 20 constituencies, Kamalanagar ‘N’ has the highest number of voters at 3,533, while Fultuli constituency has the lowest at 1,305.

There are 70 polling stations within the council.
CADC was created in 1972 for the Chakma tribals living in the southwestern part of Mizoram.

The last election in April 2018 threw up a hung house. The Mizo National Front (MNF) won eight seats, the Congress six and the BJP five. Fultuli constituency, for which the election was contested, was won by the Congress.

Later, all Congress and BJP members defected to the MNF, bringing it to power.
Governor’s rule was imposed in the council in December last year due to political instability.