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Aditanath’s winning percentage was slightly better at 39.13 percent as compared to Modi’s 28.75 percent
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Zoramthanga said combating alcoholism and drug addiction would be one of the top priorities of his government.
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This is Zoramthanga's third stint as chief minister of the north eastern state, having led the MNF government in Mizoram in 1998 and 2003.
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Zoramthanga would be sworn in as the chief minister of Mizoram at the Raj Bhavan at 12 noon on December 15, along with his council of ministers.
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The MNF, however, denied the claim and maintained that the party won the elections without any support.
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Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi held talks with the party's central observers in the states, who gave him inputs on the views of the newly-elected legislators in the three states.
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The results assume significance as they come less than four months before the general elections get underway
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It said along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, throats of even their party workers had turned hoarse while calling for a "Congress-free" country and condolences were being offered everyday to the nation's oldest party.
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Gandhi met the party's observers -- K C Venugopal for Rajasthan and A K Antony for Madhya Pradesh early morning along with the state unit in-charges and later met the contenders.
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Despite the anti-incumbency, the BJP's vote share in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan was almost equal to the Congress, which emerged victorious, he said.
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However, the new assembly does not have a single woman MLA.
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A good number of jokes are also targetted at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who had campaigned extensively for the BJP during the elections.
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The saffron party and its allies have been on a roll since the Narendra Modi-led NDA came to power in May 2014. As a result, the political map of India was splashed with saffron
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A day after the Congress ousted the BJP from power in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav also said that had the Congress coordinated in a better manner with his party, the poll results could have been different for both the parties.
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Belying predictions of exit polls, the Congress won convincingly in Chattisgarh, less so in Rajasthan, and scraped through with a wafer-thin lead in Madhya Pradesh, final results showed after the vote count on Tuesday.
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The three-time CM, who tendered his resignation to Governor Anandiben Patel earlier in the day, said the BJP will not stake claim to form government in the state.
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The Sena, an ally of the BJP at the Centre and in Maharashtra, said people have brought "those flying in the air back to the ground".
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Gandhi's reaction came after the Congress ousted BJP governments in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
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Here's the final tally for all five states that headed for assembly elections
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The Congress had on Tuesday night submitted a letter to the governor seeking an appointment, after results were announced and was almost clear that it will emerge as the single largest party.
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The announcement by SP chief Akhilesh Yadav came less than an hour after Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati made a similar offer to the Congress for government formation in the Hindi heartland state of Madhya Pradesh.
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Live updates of the 2018 Mizoram Assembly election results. The Mizo National Front is hoping to oust CM Lal Thanhawla-led Congress government in the state
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The assembly election was the joker in the pack, challenging BJP’s invincibility by claiming that democracy might die of boredom of incumbency at state and national levels if the BJP wins or wins too convincingly.
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According to the Election Commission's website at 8 pm on December 11, the NOTA votes ranged as high as 2.1 percent in Chhattisgarh to 0.5 percent in Mizoram.
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Total prohibition was imposed in this highly-literate and Christian-majority state since February 20, 1997 by the then Congress government.
