Honchun Ngandam (born 1966) is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He is a member of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He contested from the Pongchau-Wakka constituency in

Longding district Longding district (Pron:/lɒŋˈdɪŋ/) is one of the 20 administrative districts of Arunachal Pradesh in northeastern India. It was carved out of the south-western portion of the Tirap District. The district shares its boundary to the south an ...

representing Bharatiya Janata Party and won the 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He also served as a Minister of Rural Works Department in Pema Khandu government earlier.

Early life and education

Ngandam hails from tribal community in Ponghau. Hecompleted his graduation.

Career

Ngandam began his political journey with Indian National Congress in 2009. He won the

2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in October 2009, concurrently with the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The elections were held in the state for all 60 Assembly seats on 2009-10-13. The results ...

and retained the Pongshau WAkka seat in

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. Later, he shifted to BJP but won the seat again in 2019 elections.He won as MLA for the fourth time winning the 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election representing BJP.

References

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