Zoram People's Movement

The Zoram People's Movement (abbreviated: ZPM) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Mizoram. It was formed as an alliance of six regional parties under the leadership of Lalduhoma in 2017. The party advocates for secularism and the protection of religious minorities in India.

In its first ever elections in 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, the alliance won eight seats. It was reformed as a political party and registered with the election commission in 2019. In the 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, the party won 27 out of 40 seats in the state legislature and Lalduhoma became the chief minister.

History

Zoram People's Movement started as an alliance of six regional parties: the Mizoram People's Conference, Zoram Nationalist Party, Zoram Exodus Movement, Zoram Decentralisation Front, Zoram Reformation Front, and Mizoram People's Party, under the leadership of Lalduhoma. It was created as a political alternative to the Mizo National Front and the Indian National Congress in Mizoram. It advocated for secularism, protection of religious minorities, and for re-imposing a ban on liquor in Mizoram. The alliance contested 36 out of 40 seats and won eight seats in the 2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election.

The party was officially registered with the Election Commission of India in July 2019 after submitting a request on 21 January 2019. The Mizoram People's Conference, one of the parties of the initial alliance, and some members of the Zoram Nationalist Party left it thereafter. In the 2023 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election, the party won 27 out of 40 seats in the state legislature and Lalduhoma became the chief minister. In the 2023 local body elections, the party won all the 11 wards in the newly formed Lunglei Municipal Council.