Tuting–Yingkiong Assembly constituency

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Tuting-Yingkiong
Constituency No. 34 for the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Upper Siang
LS constituency Arunachal East
Reservation ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
10th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year 2019

Tuting-Yingkiong is one of the 60 constituencies in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. The MLA as of 2019 is Alo Libang. [1]

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Tuting and Yingkiong are village and administrative town headquarters respectively of Upper Siang in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. [2] [3] Upper Siang is the name of the district where the village Tuting and Yingkiong Town are located. The village was recently in spotlight due to Chinese People's Liberation Army incursion and construction of roads inside Indian territory. [4] The village is under the administrative control of an additional deputy commissioner. [5]

Member of Legislative Assembly

YearMemberPictureParty
2009 Alo Libang Nationalist Congress Party
2014 Indian National Congress
2019 Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019

2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuting–Yingkiong [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Alo Libang
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors

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References

  1. "Arunachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Tuting location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Yingkiong location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. "Chinese road-building team entered 1km inside Arunachal, sent back by Indian Army: Sources". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Directory | District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh" . Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. "Arunachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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