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Mizo People's Conference | |
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| Leader | Brig Thenphunga |
| President | Pu Lalhmangaiha Sailo |
| Founded | 17 April 1975 |
| Headquarters | Treasury Square, Aizawl, Mizoram |
| ECI Status | State Party[1] |
| Seats in | 0 / 40
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| Election symbol | |
| Website | |
| mizorampeoplesconference | |
Mizoram People's Conference, a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MPC was formed by Brig Thenphunga Sailo on 17 April 1975.[2] Ṭhenphunga was the party chairman and was the Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1979 to 1984. Thenphunga was an army officer and then a Human rights Activist before starting his Political Party.
Following the MPC's defeat in 1984, it was the main opposition party for the next 2 decades.[2] In the 1998 assembly elections, it won 12 seats.[2] However, in the 2003 elections, the party won only 3 seats, a number which fell to 2 in the 2008 elections and 1 in 2013.[2] It ultimately won 4 seats in the 2018 election and their MLA quit to parrty and join ZPM[2].[3] MPC was the third largest party in Mizoram for 3 decades,and the party has been going on quietly in the present days without collapse.
The four decade old Mizoram People's Conference(MPC) is merge with the newly-floated People's Representation for Identity and status of Mizoram (PRISM)party as Peoples' Conference Party.[2]
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References
- ↑ "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "T Sailo's Mizoram People's Conference to merge with PRISM". The New Indian Express. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ↑ "Mizoram Assembly Election Results 2018". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.