The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained power in ☐ Arunachal Pradesh by emerging victorious in the Assembly elections by securing 46 of total 60 seats. The party won 10 seats uncontested.
Following the counting of votes on Sunday, the BJP not only better its tally from 41 seats that it won in 2019, the party also saw an increase in the vote share to 54.57 per cent from 51 per cent.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who bagged the Mukto seat, was among the 10 BJP candidates who won without opposition. The other uncontested seats were Itanagar, Bomdila, Chowkham, Hayuliang, Roing, Sagalee, Tali, Taliha, and Ziro Hapoli. The remaining 50 seats, along with Arunachal's two Lok Sabha seats, went to polls on April 19.
This victory marks the BJP's third consecutive term in the northeastern state. The party first came to power in the state in December 2016 when 33 legislators from the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA), led by Khandu, joined the BJP. The 43 PPA legislators had earlier broken away from then ruling Congress.
Out of the 50 contested seats, the BJP secured 36. The National People's Party (NPEP), the Conrad Sangma-led ruling party of Meghalaya, emerged as the second largest party, winning five seats and securing a vote share of 16.11 per cent. Its candidates were runnerups in 13 seats.
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