<p>After facing a debacle in three states and Delhi, the Congress on Monday got some good news in Mizoram where it won a two-thirds majority in the Assembly elections, snapping up 33 of 39 seats, bettering its tally, while Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) secured five and MPC one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Congress had won 32 seats in the 2008 Assembly elections in the Christian-dominated state. Counting in one seat, Lawngtlai East, could not be completed because of a problem in an EVM at Tialdawngilung polling station, Joint Chief Electoral Officer H Lalengmawia said.<br /><br />A repoll will be held on December 11 and counting on December 12, he added.<br />Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, all set for a fifth term, won from both Serchhip and Hrangturzo seats.<br /><br />In Serchhip, Thanhawla, who was elected to the Assembly for a record ninth time since 1978, won by a margin of 734 votes defeating his nearest MNF rival Lalramzauva, who got 4,985 votes in a four-cornered contest. Thanhawla had been chief minister in 1984, 1989, 1993 followed by a break for two terms before he donned the mantle again in 2008.<br /><br />Finance Minister H Liansailova was defeated in Aizawl North-II by Lalthanliana of MPC, a junior partner of MNF.<br /><br />Tourism Minister S Hiato lost to MNF’s K Beichhua in Saiha.</p>
<p>After facing a debacle in three states and Delhi, the Congress on Monday got some good news in Mizoram where it won a two-thirds majority in the Assembly elections, snapping up 33 of 39 seats, bettering its tally, while Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) secured five and MPC one.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Congress had won 32 seats in the 2008 Assembly elections in the Christian-dominated state. Counting in one seat, Lawngtlai East, could not be completed because of a problem in an EVM at Tialdawngilung polling station, Joint Chief Electoral Officer H Lalengmawia said.<br /><br />A repoll will be held on December 11 and counting on December 12, he added.<br />Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla, all set for a fifth term, won from both Serchhip and Hrangturzo seats.<br /><br />In Serchhip, Thanhawla, who was elected to the Assembly for a record ninth time since 1978, won by a margin of 734 votes defeating his nearest MNF rival Lalramzauva, who got 4,985 votes in a four-cornered contest. Thanhawla had been chief minister in 1984, 1989, 1993 followed by a break for two terms before he donned the mantle again in 2008.<br /><br />Finance Minister H Liansailova was defeated in Aizawl North-II by Lalthanliana of MPC, a junior partner of MNF.<br /><br />Tourism Minister S Hiato lost to MNF’s K Beichhua in Saiha.</p>