The ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh won 30 Assembly seats and is leading in 3 constituencies, election officials said on May 23. The Janata Dal United, meanwhile, won seven seats.
Arunachal Pradesh Assembly has 60-seats, but elections were held for 57 seats as three BJP candidates had already won unopposed.
The elections for Arunachal Pradesh Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies were simultaneously held on April 11, during the first phase of general elections.
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Party-wise results at 2:00 a.m.
| Arunachal Pradesh Result Status | |||
| Status Known For 52 out of 60 Constituencies | |||
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | |
| Indian National Congress | 4 | 4 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| National People's Party | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| People's Party of Arunachal | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 45 | 7 | 52 |
Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu wins from Mukto
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu won from the Mukto Assembly constituency for the third consecutive time, defeating his lone rival Thupten Kunphen of the Congress by a margin of 2,602 votes.
Mr. Khandu won the seat in 2011 bye-election and was re-elected unopposed in 2014.
His political journey began after his father and former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu died in a helicopter crash near Luguthang in Tawang district in April 2011.
The ruling BJP in the State has so far won 25 seats, including three unopposed, out of 35 seats.
While Janata Dal United (JDU) made its debut in the State with six seats, the Opposition Congress has won three.
Independent candidates have won two seats, the NPP and the PPA one each. — PTI
BJP wins 7 Assembly seats
Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein won the Chowkham seat defeating his nearest Congress rival Khunang Kri by 7,291 votes.
The Deputy Chief Minister who had won from the Lekang constituency in Namsai district for the last five consecutive terms since 1995 but this time contested from the Chowkham seat.
Tana Hali Tara of the BJP won from Doimukh constituency defeating his nearest rival Nabam Vivek of the National Peoples Party (NPP) by 2, 385 votes.
BJP retained the seat as in 2014, Nabam Rebia of BJP had won from the seat.
In the Itanagar constituency, Janata Dal United candidate Techi Kaso won by a slender margin of 302 votes in a multi-cornered contest, defeating his nearest rival Kipa Babu of the BJP.
Mr. Kaso who retained the seat, polled 12,162 votes while Babu polled 11, 860 votes.
First timer Goruk Pordung of the BJP won the Bameng Assembly seat defeating Home Minister Kumar Waii of the NPP by a margin of 393 votes.
Sitting MLA from Lumla constituency in Tawang district Jambhi Tashi of BJP was re-elected by defeating his lone rival Jampa Thirnly Kunkhap of the Congress by a margin of 1,288 votes.
While Tashi polled 4567 votes, Kunkhap could poll 3279 votes.
PHE Minister Wangki Lowang (BJP) retained the Namsang seat in a multi-cornered contest, by defeating his nearest rival Ngonglin Boi of the NPP by a margin of 1682 votes.
While Mr. Lowang polled 3,202 votes Boi could manage 1,520 votes.
Sitting BJP MLA from Nari Koyu constituency Kento Rina retained the seat by defeating his nearest rival Tojir Kadu of the Congress by a margin of 216 votes in a triangular contest.
The BJP retained the seat.
While Mr. Rina polled 2,489 votes, Mr. Kadu polled 2,273 votes.
In the un-reserved Bordumsa-Diyun seat in Changlang district, Independent candidate Somlung Mossang tasted victory by defeating his nearest rival Jawra Maio of the BJP by a margin of 2,379 votes.
BJP woman candidate Gumtayeng won the Damduk seat defeating her nearest NPP rival Tony Pertil by a margin 873 votes. — PTI
Congress registers victory
Nabam Tuki wins Sagalee, marking the first victory for Congress in the Assembly elections. He beat NPP's Tarh Hari by 1,321 votes.
In Pashigat West INC's Ninong Ering won over BJP's Er. Tatung Jamoh by a margin of 571 votes.
Former Chief Minister Gegong Apang of JD(S) is not lucky for the fifth time in his constituency, as he loses to BJP's Alo Libang in Tuting Yingkiong.
Sitting MLA trails in Borduria Bogapani
Wanglin Lowangdong, incumbent MLA of Borduria Bogapani trails in the constituency. Jowang Hosai of the BJP leads by 317 votes there. Mr. Lowangdong is one of the 12 sitting MLAs that BJP denied Assembly tickets to and is contesting as a Congress candidate.
BJP wins the eleventh seat with Nyamar Karbak overtaking NPP's Jarpum Gamlin by 746 votes in Liromoba. The BJP is leading in 12 more constituencies.
JD(U) wins Kalaktang seat; BJP wins Khonsa East
Dorjee Wangdi Kharma of the JD(U) wins Kalaktang by 1,772 votes against the BJP. The former Deputy Director of School Education managed to garner 59.88% of the total 8,393 votes to win the second seat for JD(U).
Khonsa East elects BJP's Wanglam Sawin. The retired teacher defeats Danhang Phuksa by 3,381 votes.
BJP wins Dambuk constituency
BJP’s Gum Tayeng wins from Dambuk, beating NPP's Tony Pertin by 873 votes.
Ms. Tayeng is one of the 11 women contesting in the elections this year, highest in the State so far. She was elected unopposed for the INC in 2013, after the Dambuk seat had fallen vacant following the death of Jomin Tayeng, her husband.
BJP wins the 6th seat
Jambey Tashi wins from Lumla by a margin of 1,288 votes. He was one of the 6 MLAs ousted for anti-party activities by the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA). The PPA had alleged that Mr. Tashi had tried to merge the regional outfit with the BJP.
Former CM Gegong Apang trails
Former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Gegong Apang of JD(S) trails BJP's Alo Libang by 183 votes in Tuting Yingkiong.
Apang has held office from January 1980 to January 1999 and August 2003 to April 2007. He has won the assembly elections from Tuting Yingkiong four times.
Nabam Tuki leads
Two-times Chief Minister Nabam Tuki takes a lead in Sagalee.
His second tenure as Chief Minister lasted a mere 3 days in July 2016 during the State's political crisis, which saw the imposition of President's rule.
BJP wins in Bameng and Doimukh constutiencies
BJP's Goruk Pordung beats NPP's Kumar Waii by 393 votes to win Bameng.
Kumar Waii, the Home Minister in Pema Kundu Ministry, had won from Bameng in the previous elections. Upset over not getting the BJP ticket, he had alleged bias in seat allocation.
Tana Hali Tara of BJP wins in Doimukh constituency. He beat brothers Nabam Vivek (NPP) and Nabam Rana (INC) by 2,385 and 6,780 votes respectively.
BJP leading both seats in Arunachal Pradesh
The BJP is currently leading in both the Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh with a total vote share of 58.5%.
Tapir Gao of the BJP is leading in Arunachal East while Union Minister Kiren Rijiju is leading from Arunachal West. Gao is currently ahead by over 35,000 votes and Rijiju holds a lead of over 75,000 votes.
In 2014, INC emerged as the winning party in the state by getting margins of 12,478 votes in Arunachal East and 41,738 votes in Arunachal West respectively.
BJP wins five seats in Arunachal Pradesh
Results for 5 out of 60 constituencies of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections declared: BJP wins 5, JD(U) 1 and Independent 1.
Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein wins in Chowkham, while BJP's Wabgki Lowang wins by 1682 votes in Namsang constituency.
Nari-Koyu constituency elects Kento Rina of BJP. Rina beat Tojir Kadu of INC by 216 votes.
Techi Kaso of JD(U) wins in Itanagar, beating BJP Kipa Babu by 302 votes.
Independent candidate Somlung Mossang defeats BJP Jawra Maio in Bordusma-Diyun by 2739 votes.
Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein leads
The Deputy Chief Minister and Chowna Mein leads in Chowkham by 5289 votes, while INC's Khunang Kri of the INC is trailing.
The BJP leader has held the post of Deputy CM from March to July 2016 when late Kalikho Pul, the rebel Congress politician was Chief Minister.
Independent candidate Somlung Mossang has taken over BJP's Jawra Maio in Bordumsa-Diyun and is now leading.
There has been discontent within the BJP and the Singpho people, a predominating tribe of the region, for allotting the ticket to Jawra Maio instead of to Mayong Maio.
| Arunachal Pradesh Result Status | |||
| Status Known For 15 out of 60 Constituencies | |||
| Party | Won | Leading | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 11 | 11 | |
| Independent | 2 | 2 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | 1 | 1 | |
| National People's Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 15 |
Techi Kaso of Janata Dal (United) is leading in the Itanagar constituency. Kipa Babu of BJP is trailing him by 580 votes.
Kaso, the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly from Itanagar was elected in 2014 for INC and in 2009 for NCP.
Three BJP candidates, Kento Jini (Along East constituency), Taba Tedir (Yachuli constituency) and Phurpa Tsering (Dirang constituency) were declared elected unopposed by the Election Commission in March, after the last day of withdrawal of nominations.
This followed the rejection of "defective" nomination papers of opponents in the first two constituencies and withdrawal of candidature in the third.
BJP is leading in 9 out of the 12 constituencies for which status is known. Congress trails in 4.
Jawra Maio is leading in Bordumsa-Diyun constituency by 301. Independent candidate Somlung Mossang is trailing him.
The law professional along with over 1000 supporters joined the BJP in January. Khachang Maio, Jawra Miao's brother and general-secretary of Bordumsa-Diyun Mandal committee of the BJP resigned in April to support Mossang's campaign.
Dasanglu Pul of BJP, wife of late Kalikho Pul is leading by 101 votes in Hayuliang constituency. Lupalum Kri of INC is trailing her.
After her husband's death, Ms. Pul rode the sympathy wave to win the November 2016 by-election from the same constituency, which had elected her husband in all Assembly elections from 1995 to 2014. She had defeated Yompi Kri, Mr. Lupalum's wife.
BJP's Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs is leading with a margin of 3847 in Arunachal West constituency. Jarjum Ete of JD(S) is trailing him. Nabum Tuki, the former Chief Minister has registered 2.11 per cent of the votes counted.
Tapir Gao, Arunachal Pradesh BJP president is leading in Arunachal East by a margin of 614 votes. C. C. Singpho, an independent candidate is trailing him. Lowangcha Wanglat of Congress gets 4.54 per cent of the total votes counted so far.
Counting begins amid three-tier security
Counting begins for all 60 Assembly seats and two Parliamentary seats. Postal ballots and electronic voting machines will be counted simultaneously.
Three-tier security has been provided in Arunachal Pradesh where election to two parliamentary seats and 60 Assembly seats was marked by unprecedented violence. The violence resulted in several rounds of re-polling, the last of which on May 21 in Kurung Kumey and Kra-Daadi districts coincided with the killing of MLA Tirong Aboh and 10 others including his 20-year-old son in an ambush by suspected NSCN extremists.
Aboh, who was elected on a People’s Party of Arunachal ticket in 2014, was seeking to retain the Khonsa West Assembly constituency as a National People’s Party candidate.
Just two days before the announcement of results, suspected members of a Naga extremist group on Tuesday gunned down 11 people, including Tirong Aboh, a legislator and candidate of the National People’s Party (NPP), in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh.
Arunachal Pradesh poll team walked 3 days to town
Tasi Darang had planned for a week-long assignment when on April 22 he was tasked to serve as the security officer for the repoll at Zara in western Arunachal Pradesh. He had already factored in the two days that the team would need for trekking from and to Pipsorang, the nearest administrative centre.
On Monday, after almost a month, his team deposited the EVMs containing the votes of almost all the 492 voters of Zara and adjoining hamlets at the intermediary strongroom in Ziro, headquarters of Lower Subansiri district and located to the southeast of Zara instead of Koloriang, the headquarters of Kurung Kumey district and closer by in terms of distance and to the southwest.
Zara is part of the Tali Assembly constituency in Kra-Daadi district.
