Arunachal Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, who won a thumping two-third victory for the Congress in the state, is expected to meet AICC chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday to finalise his council of ministers.
Dorjee Khandu, who led the Congress to a two-thirds majority in the Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections, was on Sunday sworn in as the fifth Chief Minister of the border state.
There's no such thing as anti-incumbency in Arunachal Pradesh - whichever party or alliance rules New Delhi has always held sway over this frontier state, reports
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The ruling Congress stormed back to power in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday with a two-third majority winning 39 seats and leading in three others in the 60-member state Assembly.
Electronic Voting Machines have become 'Electronic Victory Machines' for the Congress in the elections, BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters as his party trailed in Maharashtra and Haryana polls.
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The ruling Congress surged ahead in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday winning six seats and leading in 10 others as counting of votes progressed to pick a new 60-member legislature.
The bulk of an electorate of 7.33 lakh in Arunachal Pradesh turned out to clock 72 per cent on the voting meter on Tuesday. Elections were held in 57 of 60 Assembly seats after the Congress won three unopposed.
Voting in the Assembly election in Arunachal Pradesh ended on Tuesday with heavy turnout, officials said.
Around 70 per cent votes were cast in Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday as polling for 57 of the 60 Assembly seats ended peacefully. The state election department said the final percentage would be available when reports from remote areas reached the state capital.
People can watch live webcast of the actual polling process in remote and inaccessible polling stations in Arunachal Pradesh, thanks to IT revolution.
Fifteen per cent polling was recorded in the first three hours of polling for the 60-member Arunachal Assembly today.
Shoot-at-sight orders were on Tuesday issued against booth capturers or those attempting to damage EVMs in Papumpare district and in the state capital during the assembly polls in Arunachal Pradesh.
Elections in Arunachal Pradesh have so far followed a pattern — the party or coalition ruling from New Delhi wins assembly elections in the state.
The campaigning for the October 13 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election ended this evening with Congress leaders making last minute efforts to explain to voters that they have no truck with the NCP and Trinamool Congress at the state level.
The ruling Congress party has emerged as the frontrunner in the coming assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, with the fractured opposition unlikely to spring any surprises.