Cong wins RS seat in Mizoram
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Aizawl, June 20 2014 :
Ruling Congress nominee Ronald Sapa Tlau won the lone Rajya Sabha seat of Mizoram by securing 34 votes out of the total 40 in the election held at Legislative Assembly Secretariat here.
As per the direction of Election Commission of India (ECI), election to the lone Mizoram Rajya Sabha seat was held on June 19 where 40 legislative assembly members casted their votes to elect the lone Rajya Sabha member from the state.
Ronald Sapa Tlau, 60 years, was declared elected by the Returning Officer for the poll and state Assembly secretary Ngurthanzuala after the Election Commission intimated the result through fax.
His only opponent L Ramkinlova (52) of the Mizo National Front (MNF) supported by 8 opposition alliance UDF secured only six votes.
A senior Congress leader and chairman of the state PSU Zoram Electronics Development Corporation (ZENICS), Tlau had earlier unsuccessfully contested the state Assembly polls three times.