Hot-cake voter!

Zionnghaka Chana with his wives

As India holds the latest round of its mammoth elections yesterday, one man -- polygamist and sect leader Zionnghaka Chana -- has become the voter every local politician wants to know.
With 39 wives and 127 children and grandchildren, Chana is a voter like no other in the remote northeastern state of Mizoram, and can deliver a sizeable bloc of support.
"We were witnessing a rush of politicians seeking votes in the last few days," Chana told AFP from his 100-room home in the hills of Baktawng village .
"During every election we are much in demand as the winning margins of politicians in this state are slim, so even 100-odd votes matter to them," Chana, 70, said earlier this week. Mizoram is the only state voted yesterday after the Election Commission rescheduled polling following a dispute over whether tribal groups displaced during recent ethnic strife were allowed to vote in their refugee camps.