Assembly elections: BJP leads in Arunachal Pradesh, SKM in Sikkim
Ten BJP candidates including Chief Minister Pema Khandu were elected unopposed to the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly in late March before polling.
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in Arunachal Pradesh and the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha in Sikkim as the counting of votes in the Assembly elections started on Sunday.
On March 17, the Election Commission announced that counting of votes in the two Assembly polls will take place on June 2 instead of June 4, when the results in other states will be announced. There is no change in the date of counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls in the two states.
The counting started at 6 am. As of 9.35 am, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha was leading in 29 of Sikkim’s 32 Assembly seats, according to data from the Election Commission. A party needs 17 seats to secure a majority in the Assembly. The Sikkim Democratic Front was leading in one seat.
The BJP was leading in 31 of Arunachal Pradesh’s 50 Assembly seats that went to polls, the Commission’s data showed. The National People's Party was leading in eight seats, the Nationalist Congress Party in four, People’s Party of Arunachal in three and the Congress in one.
Arunachal Pradesh has total 60 Assembly constituencies. A party needs total 31 seats to secure a majority in the state legislature.
Ten BJP candidates including Chief Minister Pema Khandu were...
