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, ...

Mizoram Mizoram is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India, with Aizawl as its Capital city, capital and largest city. It shares 722-kilometres (449 miles) of international borders with Bangladesh to the west, and Myanmar t ...

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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 The chief minister of Mizoram is the head of government, chief executive of the Indian state of Mizoram. As per the Constitution of India, the Governors of states of India, governor is a state's ''de jure'' head, but ''de facto'' executive autho ...

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

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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 The Zoram People's Movement (Abbreviation, abbreviated: ZPM) is an alliance of six regional parties formed under the leadership of Member of Legislative Assembly, MLA and former Indian Police Service, IPS Officer Lalduhoma. The party advocates for ...

(ZPM). It merged with the

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(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

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{{Indian political parties Political parties in Mizoram Political parties established in 1975 1975 establishments in Mizoram Recognised state political parties in India

List of chief ministers

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