Silchar, Oct. 31: The Mizoram state election commission has announced that the elections to the Aizawl Municipal Corporation (AMC) and Lai Autonomous District Council will be held on November 26.

The notices for the polls to the 19-ward Aizawl Municipal Corporation and the 25-member autonomous district council were issued by the chief returning officers today.

State election commissioner L. Tochhong said voting would be held simultaneously on November 26 from 7am to 4pm. The repoll, if required, will be held on November 27.

The model code of conduct has been enforced in Aizawl and in the autonomous district council for the Lai people earlier known as Pawi, living in southeastern Mizoram.

Ballot papers will be used in the AMC polls, while electronic voting machines will be in place for the autonomous district council polls.

For the AMC polls, the last date for the submission of nomination papers is November 6 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is November 9. The nomination papers will be scrutinised on November 7.

According to the notification, counting of votes will start immediately after the poll is over and on receipt of all ballot boxes at the designated counting hall. In case of a repoll, the counting will take place the same day.

There are 19 wards, of which six are reserved for women under the Aizawl Municipal Corporation.

Altogether, 1,92,382 voters, of whom 90,287 are male and 1,02,095 are female, will exercise their franchise in 211 polling stations.

Altogether nine returning officers, 19 assistant returning officers, 211 presiding officers and 422 polling officers will be appointed to conduct the polls.

For the autonomous district council polls, the last date for submission of nomination papers is November 5.

The nominations can be withdrawn on November 9.

The nomination papers will be scrutinised on November 6, 7 and 9. The counting of votes will take place on November 28 in Lawngtlai town.

In the last AMC polls, the Congress and Zoram Nationalist Party (ZNP) alliance won 10 wards and the Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) combine bagged nine wards.

This time, the MNF has announced that it would go for it alone in the upcoming elections, while the Congress has formed an alliance with the MPC, founded by former chief minister late Brig. Thenphunga Sailo. The ZNP will contest the elections as a part of the BJP-led NDA.

The ruling Congress won 19 of 25 seats in the autonomous district council polls in 2010.