‘Historic day’, says Arunachal Pradesh CM as BJP retains power with higher majority
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After the Bharatiya Janata Party won the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election on Sunday, party leader and Chief Minister Pema Khandu described it as a “historic day” for the state, ANI reported.
The BJP won 46 seats in the northeastern state, while the National People’s Party won 5 constituencies. Three seats went to the Nationalist Congress Party, three to independents, two to the People’s Party of Arunachal and one to the Congress.
The Hindutva party won 54.57% of the popular mandate, as against 16.11% for the National People’s Party and 10.43% for the Nationalist Congress Party.
The BJP improved its tally from the 2019 Assembly election, when it had won 41 out of 60 seats.
“This is a historic day for Arunachal Pradesh, especially for the BJP,” Khandu said after the results were declared. “The party set a new record in these Assembly elections...There is pro-incumbency for the BJP.”
The chief minister said that the BJP will stake claim to form the new government after the results of the Lok Sabha election are declared.
State Congress chief Nabam Tuki said his party was “disappointed but not demoralised” by the outcome, PTI reported. “We will introspect about the causes of the defeat and work on the organisation in the coming days,” he said.
Ten BJP candidates including Chief Minister Pema Khandu were already elected unopposed to...
