Arunachal Pradesh Election Dates: State to Vote for Assembly & Lok Sabha Polls on April 19, Result on June 4
Arunachal Pradesh Election Dates: State to Vote for Assembly & Lok Sabha Polls on April 19, Result on June 4
In 2019, the north eastern state had witnessed a saffron surge with BJP winning 41 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly.

Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls will happen alongside Lok Sabha polls on April 19, the Election Commission announced on Saturday. Results for the same will be declared on June 4.

In 2019, the north eastern state had witnessed a saffron surge with BJP winning 41 seats in the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh Assembly. Both the Lok Sabha seats, too, were won by BJP. Kiren Rijiju was one of the BJP top guns to win from Arunachal.

The 2019 assembly and Lok Sabha polls were held on April 11 while counting of votes was done on May 23, 2019.

In 2019, Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh were held for 57 seats as three BJP candidates were earlier declared elected unopposed. The Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, the National People’s Party (NPP) five, the Congress four, the People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) one and Independents two.

Among the prominent BJP winners were Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who won from the Mukto seat, bordering China, for third time in a row. Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein won from the Chowkham constituency.

BJP candidate Rode Bui bagged the Dumporijo seat defeating his nearest NPP rival Paknga Bage while NPP’s Tarin Dakpe won the Raga seat, the official said.

BJP candidate Taniky Soki won the Daporijo seat, defeating his nearest Congress rival Togam Tamim. BJP candidate Rode Bui had also bagged the Dumporijo seat defeating his nearest NPP rival Paknga Bage while NPP’s Tarin Dakpe won the Raga seat.

In Miao constituency, state Geology and Mining Minister and BJP nominee Kamlung Mossang beat Chatu Longai of the Congress by 3,856 votes to retain the seat.

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