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Mizoram People's Conference
LeaderBrig Thenphunga
PresidentPu Lalhmangaiha Sailo
Founded17 April 1975 (49 years ago) (1975-04-17)
HeadquartersTreasury Square, Aizawl, Mizoram
IdeologyRegionalism
ECI StatusUnrecognised[1]
AllianceMizoram Secular Alliance
Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (2023-)
Seats in 
0 / 40
Election symbol
Website
mizorampeoplesconference.com

The Mizoram People's Conference is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. It was formed by Brig Thenphunga Sailo on 17 April 1975.[2] Ṭhenphunga was the party chairman and Chief Minister of Mizoram from 1979 to 1984, and 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 two decades.[2] In the 1998 assembly elections, the party formed a pre-poll coalition with the Mizo National Front. the Mizoram People's Conference won 12 seats and the Mizo National Front won 21 seats, enabling the two parties to formed a coalition government. The coalition fell on December 1999 after a secret agreement between the People's Conference and the Indian National Congress to fite the elections to the Village Council together.[3]

However, in the 2003 elections, the party won only three seats, a number which fell to two in the 2008 elections and one in 2013.[2] It ultimately won four seats in the 2018 election and their MLA quit to join Zoram People's Movement (ZPM).[2][4] MPC was the third largest party in Mizoram for three decades. It merged with the People's Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) party as the People’s Conference Party.[2]

In June 2019, MPC left ZPM.In 2023,the party joined Mizoram Secular Alliance and subsequently Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance.

List of chief ministers[edit]

  • T. Sailo[2]
    • First term: 2 June 1978 to 10 November 1978
    • Second term: 8 May 1979 to 4 May 1984

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Withdrawal of recognition of status of state party status of Mizoram People's Conference in Mizoram". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "T Sailo's Mizoram People's Conference to merge with PRISM". The New Indian Express. 21 September 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ Mahapatra, Padmalaya, and Lalngaihmawia Zote. “POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN MIZORAM : FOCUS ON THE POST-ACCORD SCENARIO.” The Indian Journal of Political Science, vol. 69, no. 3, 2008, pp. 643–60. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41856452. Accessed 12 Mar. 2024.
  4. ^ "Mizoram Assembly Election Results 2018". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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