The Mizoram People's Conference is a regional
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Mizoram,
India
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. It was formed by
Brig Thenphunga Sailo on 17 April 1975.
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.
In the
1998 assembly elections, the party formed a pre-poll coalition with the
Mizo National Front
The Mizo National Front ( MNF) is a regional political party in Mizoram, India. MNF emerged from the Mizo National Famine Front, which was formed by Pu Laldenga to protest against the inaction of the Government of India towards the famine situ ...
. 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 in December 1999 after a secret agreement between the People's Conference and the
Indian National Congress
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to fite the elections to the Village Council together.
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.
It ultimately won four seats in the 2018 election but left ZPM in June, 2019. Their MLAs quit to join
Zoram People's Movement (ZPM).
It merged with the
People's Representation for Identity and Status of Mizoram (PRISM) party as the
People’s Conference Party.
List of chief ministers
*
T. Sailo
** First term: 2 June 1978 to 10 November 1978
** Second term: 8 May 1979 to 4 May 1984
See also
*
Mizo People's Conference (Progressive)
*
Zoram People's Movement
References
{{Indian political parties
Political parties in Mizoram
Political parties established in 1975
1975 establishments in Mizoram
Recognised state political parties in India