Arunachal Pradesh: Assembly elections

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2024

Prabin.Kalita, June 3, 2024: The Times of India

Seats won by various political parties in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections of 2019 and 2024
From: Prabin.Kalita, June 3, 2024: The Times of India

BJP scripted its second consecutive electoral landslide in the frontier state of Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday, winning 46 of 60 assembly constituencies — 10 of them unopposed — to build on its 2019 tally of 41 and leave Congress clinging to a solitary seat in its erstwhile stronghold of over three decades.


BJP’s dominance was reflected in the party wresting 16 seats, not only making up for the 11 it couldn’t retain but also widening its footprint in this strategically important state bordering China. The saffron party improved its vote share from 50.9% in 2019 to over 54%.


Led by Pema Khandu, who won uncontested and is tipped to retain the chief ministership despite BJP not officially naming its CM face, most of the saffron party’s gains came at the expense of JD (U) and Congress. NDA ally NPP won five seats, the same as in 2019, while NCP made a comeback, garnering three.


It was a big blow for Congress, which had formed govts in Arunachal’s see-saw politics 8 times between 1980 and 2016.

Cong struggled to find candidates

Congress, which had won four seats in 2019, contested only 19 this time after failing to field candidates in 41 seats as many netas defied AICC’s decision to nominate them.

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Kangkan Kalita1, June 3, 2024: The Times of India

The vote share of the various political parties in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections of 2019 and 2024
From: Kangkan Kalita1, June 3, 2024: The Times of India

Guwahati: Congress’s inability to find candidates to field in 41 of 60 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, a state where its stranglehold on politics lasted over three decades, mirrors the grand old party’s fall from the pedestal as much as the solitary seat left in its kitty after another bruising battle with BJP.


Congress, which had won four seats in 2019, contested only 19 this election as several senior functionaries defied AICC’s decision to nominate them. Kumar Waii, who was fielded in Bameng constituency of East Kameng district, was the lone Congress victor among those in the poll contest.


Congress had drawn up a list of 35 candidates for this election, 10 of whom didn't file their nominations. Of the remaining ones, five withdrew their candidature. Another candidate, Sompha Wangsa in Kanubari, “surrendered” the seat after scrutiny of nomination papers and joined BJP.


Congress insiders said several senior party members had already been expelled in a purge targeting those allegedly colluding with the BJP, including nine from the candidates’ shortlist who didn't contest the polls.


A PCC disciplinary committee expelled them from the party for six years, sources said.“These candidates didn’t even inform the party that they were not going to contest the polls. They fought for Congress tickets till the last moment, only to back out,” a Congress functionary said.


PCC chief Nabam Tuki, a former CM, blamed “money power” for what he said was an “astonishing exodus from the battlefield”. “Turncoats will continue to be expelled per the recommendations of the party’s disciplinary committee,” he said. “We are undoubtedly disappointed but not demoralised.”