Three BJP nominees in Arunachal win unopposed

ITANAGAR

: The BJP in

Arunachal Pradesh

has opened its account with three candidates being declared unopposed winners in the 60-member assembly after the final date of withdrawal of candidature on Thursday.


The state is going to simultaneous

Lok Sabha

and assembly polls on April 11.

While BJP nominee Kento Jini won from Aalo East assembly constituency after the nomination papers of his lone rival Minkir Lollen of Congress were found invalid during scrutiny on Tuesday, another BJP candidate has been elected unopposed from Yachuli seat.

BJP candidate from Dirang seat Phurpa Tsering, too, was elected unopposed after Congress nominee Tsering Gyurme and Independent candidate Gombu Tsering withdrew their papers on Thursday, additional chief electoral officer Kangki Darang told reporters here.

With the withdrawal of nominations by 20 candidates till Thursday, a total of 191 candidates remained in the fray to contest in 57 assembly constituencies of the state.

The ruling BJP has now 57 candidates while opposition Congress would contest in 47 seats. National People’s Party (NPP) would contest in 30 constituencies, Janata Dal Secular (13), Janata Dal United (17) and the Al India Party (AIP) has fielded a single candidate.

There are also 17 Independents in the fray for the assembly polls. Altogether 10 women candidates are also in the fray for the assembly polls with Congress fielding the highest number (4), BJP (3) and one each by JDU and Peoples’ Party of Arunachal (PPA) and a lone Independent, said Darang.

The unreserved seat of Bordumsa-Diyun has 10 candidates locking horns to win the

battle

of ballots.

A total of 12 candidates, including one woman, are in the fray for the two Lok Sabha seats in the state.

In the West parliamentary seat, there are seven candidates and five in the East seat. A total of 7, 94, 162 voters, including 4, 01, 601 women, would exercise their franchise in the April 11 simultaneous polls in 2,202 polling stations spread across the state.