The result of the Assembly elections in the northeastern states of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh will be announced on Sunday, two days before the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections. Voting for 32 assembly seats in Sikkim was held simultaneously on April 19, in the first phase of the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
In Sikkim, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) is in a fierce competition with the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF). Recently, in November 2023, footballer Bhaichung Bhutia’s Hamro Sikkim party merged with the SDF. In the 2019 Assembly elections, the SKM won 17 seats, while the SDF won 15 seats. Exit polls predict that the SKM will return to power in the state.
According to Axis My India exit poll, BJP can win zero to two seats in Sikkim, SKM can win 24-30, SDF can win one to three seats, Citizens Action Party (CAP) You can win from zero to two, while others can win by getting zero to one seat. Elections for all 60 assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh were also held on April 19, simultaneously with the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
In Arunachal Pradesh, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) enjoys an advantage as it has won 10 of the state’s 60 seats unopposed. Chief Minister Pema Khandu and Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein have already won their respective seats.
In the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP won 41 seats in Arunachal Pradesh. The Janata Dal (United) got seven, the People’s National Party (NPP) five, the Congress four and the Arunachal People’s Party (APP) one. Two independents also won in the Assembly elections. All Congress MLAs except one, former Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, joined the BJP.
According to the Axis My India exit poll, the BJP will win between 44 and 51 seats in Arunachal Pradesh, the NPP will win between two and six, the Congress could win between one and four and others could win between two and six seats. Voting for the 543-member Lok Sabha was held simultaneously with Assembly elections in Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in seven phases. Although the long voting process, which took place in seven phases, concluded on Saturday, the counting of votes is scheduled for June 4.
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