Two women candidates belonging to major political parties -- Tlangthanmawii of the INC and Lalmalsawmi of the MNF --were defeated by male candidates.
Three women candidates belonging to BJP were in the bottom, while the lone woman Independent nominee B Sangkhumi, former President of the Mizo Hmeichhe Insuihkhawm Pawl (MHIP) or Mizo Women Federation also suffered loss.
There had been no woman legislator in Mizoram during the past 25 years.
