Legislative Assembly elections were held in

Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It share ...

on April 11 to elect the 60 members of Legislative Assembly. The term of

Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Arunachal Pradesh state in north-eastern India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Itanagar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly compri ...

ends on June 1, 2019. This results in a landslide victory for

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and its allies.

Pema Khandu Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician and the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh. He is son of former Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming office of chief minister in July 2016, he and his gov ...

took oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on 29 May 2019.

Results

By constituency

Three-member of the

, Phurpa Tsering from

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, Taba Tedir from

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and Kento Jini from

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were elected unopposed after others' candidature was rejected or the candidates withdrew themselves.BJP makes early gain in Arunachal Pradesh
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Consequences

Some major political consequences were: * National People's Party was accorded the status of National Party from

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as it got 5 seats in the assembly with a vote share of 14.56% getting also the status of a Recognized State Party in Arunachal Pradesh. *

Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal P ...

party got the status of a Recognized State Party by the

as it secured 7 seats in the assembly winning a vote share of 9.88% in the state.

References

{{Arunachal Pradesh elections State Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh 2010s in Arunachal Pradesh

Results

By constituency

Consequences

See also

References