The second elections to the
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly were held on 3 January 1980.
[Election Commission of India. ]
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH
''
Arunachal Pradesh District Gazetteers: Tirap District
'. Government of Arunachal Pradesh, 1981. pp. 321-322 The election was held simultaneously to the
1980 Lok Sabha election.
30 seats were up for election. A total of 95 candidates contested; 28 from the
Indian National Congress (Indira), 28 from the
People's Party of Arunachal, 11 from the
Indian National Congress (Urs)
The Indian National Congress (U) was a breakaway faction of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress (I), formed in July 1979 by D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister of Karnataka. Urs' explanation of the split was the return of Indira's son Sanjay G ...
and 28
independents.
The PPA candidate in the Niausa
Kanubari
Kanubari is a Tehsil in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Longding is the name of the district that contains Kanubari sub divisions ADC independent
Kanubari is located towards East from District headquarters Longding. It is from State capi ...
constituency, Wangnam Wangshu, was elected unopposed.
INC(I) won 13 seats (with 72,734 votes, 42.58%). The PPA also won 13 seats, with 70,006 votes (40.98%). The remaining four seats went to independents. In total independent candidates mustered 19,716 votes (11.54%). INC(U) failed to win any seats. The party obtained 8,361 votes (4.89%).
For the first time a woman,
Nyari Welly, was elected to the Assembly. After the election there were massive defections to the INC(I).
Gegong Apang was elected
Chief Minister after the election.
[Rana, Mahendra Singh. ]
India Votes: Lok Sabha & Vidhan Sabha Elections 2001-2005
'. New Delhi: Sarup & Sons, 2006. p. 158
Results
Elected Members
References
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