BJP has returned to power for the third time in a row, as party secured a majority by winning 46 seats in 60 – member assembly, according to Election Commission data. Counting of votes concluded in the 50 seats for which elections were held in the northeastern State on April 19. The rest 10 seats were won by the B.J.P uncontested. Of the 50 seats, the BJP won 36 Assembly seats.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu is one of the 10 candidates who won unopposed. While no Opposition parties fielded candidates in five constituencies, rivals of the BJP withdrew their nominations in five more by the last day of withdrawal of candidature
The BJP won 41 seats in the 2019 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh. The Janata Dal (United) bagged seven, the NPP five, Congress four, and the PPA one, while two Independents also won. All except one Congress MLA – former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, who is the prime challenger of Union Minister Kiren Rijiju in the Arunachal West parliamentary seat – joined the BJP.
Meanwhile, the Indian National Congress recorded its most dismal performance yet, bagging only one seat out of the 19 it contested, a far cry from the time the party won 42 seats in 2014.
In the Himalayan state of Sikkim the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) is set to return to power as the party has comfortably crossed the majority mark as the Election Commission declared the results. From 32 Assembly constituencies, 147 candidates are in fray. Opposition leader and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) supremo Chamling has lost from both the seats he was contesting. The SDF has won only one seat so far.
