Assembly Elections LIVE — 68% Voter Turnout In Sikkim, 67% In Arunachal Pradesh
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Arunachal Pradesh recorded 67.71% voter turnout, while Sikkim saw 68.04%.
52.73 percent of 4.64 lakh voters in Sikkim cast their votes in the 32 Assembly seats till 3 pm on Friday.
Arunachal Pradesh recorded 37.53 per cent voter turnout till 1 pm while it was 36.88 per cent in Sikkim.
Arunachal Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 19.46 per cent while 21.20 per cent of voters have showed up Sikkim as of 11 am.
Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang says "...Our biggest issue is the development of the state. Our party has done the work that could not be done by the previous govt in the last 25 years...In the last 5 years, our party workers have won the hearts of the people. We are sure that our party will win 32 out of 32 Lok Sabha seats...For the first time in the history of Sikkim, such a peaceful election is taking place..."
The voter turnout remained low in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim in the first two hours of voting. While 6.44 per cent of voters cast a vote in Arunachal Pradesh as of 9:30 am in Arunachal, it was 7.90 per cent in Sikkim, as per the data by the Election Commission of India.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who is seeking a return to office, cast his vote in Tawang as the state undergoes simultaneous polls for 60 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is seeking a return in Arunachal Pradesh after it won 41 of the 60 Assembly seats in the northeastern state in the last assembly polls. Janata Dal (United) followed BJP with seven seats, the National People’s Party won five seats while Congress got four seats. The PPA secured one seat and two Independent candidates won.
This time, the BJP had fielded 60 candidates in all the assembly seats while the opposition Congress put up 19 nominees, National People’s Party (NPP) 20, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 14 and the People’s Party of Arunachal 11.
The saffron party has already won 10 seats unopposed.
Former footballer Baichung Bhutia is testing his electoral fate as he is among the 146 candidates in the fray for the Sikkim polls. Bhutia recently merged his Hamro Sikkim with Sikkim's main opposition party, Sikkim Democratic Front, which had been ruling the state for 25 years from 1994 to 2019 but lost to Prem Singh Tamang-led SKM in the last Assembly elections.
SDM is pinning its hope on Bhutia to return to power who was rewarded with the post of vice president in the party.
Bhutia has been fielded by SDM from Barfung (BL-Reserved) assembly constituency.
Poll volunteers in Sikkim were seen assisting a senior citizen voter with an injury in the leg to cast his vote as the Himalayan state undergoes polling for 32 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has already won 10 out of 60 constituecies in Arunachal Pradesh.
Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, in a bid to retain power, is contesting the assembly polls from two seats Rhenock in Gangtok district and Soreng-Chakung in his native Soreng district.
Simultaneous polling has begun for all 60 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim along with two Lok Sabha.
Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim Krantikari Morcha supremo Prem Singh Tamang, former Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling are among the 146 candidates in fray for the 32-member Sikkim Legislative Assembly.
Ahead of the first phase of voting for two Lok Sabha seats and 50 MLAs, weather could play a spoilsport in the northeastern state as per the India Meteorological Department with predictions of moderate to high rainfall. “We have arranged temporary shelters with all basic facilities in the polling booths where people can wait if the weather is not conducive,” Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pawan Kumar Sain said.
Background
Arunachal And Sikkim Elections LIVE: Please follow this space and refresh the page for all the latest updates pertaining to Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.
With the weather likely to play spoilsport, Arunachal Pradesh is all set to vote on Friday to elect two Lok Sabha MPs and 50 MLAs. In the 60-member assembly, the BJP has already won 10 constituencies unopposed.
In the Arunachal West Parliamentary seat, eight candidates are in the fray including Union Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju and state Congress president Nabam Tuki. Sitting BJP MP Tapir Gao and state Congress vice-president Bosiram Siram are among six candidates who are contesting from Arunachal East. All arrangements have been completed to conduct polling which will begin at 7 AM and continue at 5 PM.
In Sikkim, Chief Minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang, former CM and SDF chief Pawan Kumar Chamling are among the 146 candidates in fray for 32 assembly seats which will go to the polls on Friday amid elaborate security arrangements in the Himalayan state. Tamang, who is spearheading the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)'s bid to retain power, is contesting from two assembly seats, Rhenock in Gangtok district and Soreng-Chakung in his native Soreng district.
The SKM chief who is seeking a seventh consecutive term as MLA, is locked in a multi-cornered contest in both assembly constituencies with former minister and SDF nominee Som Nath Poudyal being his main challenger in Rhenock assembly constituency, while SDF candidate AD Subba is his main opponent in Soreng-Chakung assembly constituency.
The SKM supremo's wife Krishna Kumari is contesting from Namchi-Singhithang assembly constituency where she is locked in a quadrangular contest in which the SDF has put up Bimal Rai. An estimated 4.64 lakh electorate, comprising 2,32,381 male voters and 2,31,545 female will be eligible to exercise their franchise to elect 32 MLAs and the lone Lok Sabha MP.
There are 2,502 third-gender voters, while 4,192 voters belong to Persons with Disabilities (PwD) category and 2,473 voters are senior citizens above 85 years. The Election Commission has arranged for Assured Minimum Facilities along with accessibility-friendly infrastructure for PwDs and senior citizens in all polling stations, according to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) D Ananadan.
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