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Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on 19 April 2024 to elect the 60 members of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 2 June 2024.
The tenure of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 2 June 2024. [1] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2019. After the election, Bharatiya Janata Party formed the state government, with Pema Khandu becoming the Chief Minister. [2]
The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 16 March 2024. [3]
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | 20 March 2024 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 27 March 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 28 March 2024 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 30 March 2024 |
| Date of Poll | 19 April 2024 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 2 June 2024 |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested [4] [5] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Pema Khandu | 60 | |
| National People's Party |  |  | Thangwang Wangham | 20 | |
| Indian National Congress |  |  | Nabam Tuki | 19 | |
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |  | Likha Saaya | 14 | |
| People's Party of Arunachal |  | Kahfa Bengia [6] | 11 | ||
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 60 | ||||||
| National People's Party | 20 | ||||||
| Indian National Congress | 19 | ||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 14 | ||||||
| People's Party of Arunachal | 11 | ||||||
| Other parties | 5 | ||||||
| Independents | 14 | ||||||
| NOTA | |||||||
| Total | 100% | - | 143 | 60 | - | ||
| District | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | INC | NPP | ||
| Tawang | 3 | 1 | ||
| West Kameng | 4 | 1 | ||
| Bichom | 1 | |||
| East Kameng | 3 | |||
| Pakke-Kessang | 1 | |||
| Papum Pare | 3 | 2 | ||
| Keyi Panyor | 1 | |||
| Lower Subansiri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kra-Daadi | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kurung Kumey | 2 | |||
| Upper Subansiri | 4 | 1 | ||
| Kamle | 1 | |||
| West Siang | 3 | |||
| Lower Siang | 2 | |||
| Lepa Rada | 1 | |||
| Siang | 2 | |||
| Shi Yomi | 1 | |||
| Upper Siang | 2 | |||
| East Siang | 3 | |||
| Dibang Valley | 1 | |||
| Lower Dibang Valley | 2 | 1 | ||
| Lohit | 1 | |||
| Anjaw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Namsai | 3 | 1 | ||
| Changlang | 5 | |||
| Tirap | 4 | |||
| Longding | 3 | |||
| Total | 60 | 10 | ||
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