The Election Commission on Friday issued the statutory notification for November 28 Assembly elections in Mizoram, an official said. 
“Separate notifications were issued by the Election Commission and state Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan for the Mizoram Assembly elections to be held on November 28,” an Election Department official said here.
With the issuance of statutory notification, already hectic political activities have further intensified in the Christian-dominated Congress-ruled state.
The official said with the issuance of statutory notification, filing of nomination papers began from Friday.
The last date for submitting candidature is November 9, scrutiny of nominations would take place on November 12 and the late date for withdrawal of nominations is November 14. The five-year term of the 40-member Mizoram Assembly expires on December 15.
In all 768,181 voters, including 393,685 women, are eligible to cast their votes in 1,164 polling stations across the mountainous state, which shares international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh.