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Arunachal Panchayat elections: Over 6k elected unopposed

Itanagar, Dec 9 (UNI) A total of 6,266 candidates have been declared elected unopposed, ahead of the two-tier Panchayat elections in Arunachal Pradesh, which include 98 Zilla Parishad Members (ZPMs) and 6,168 Gram Panchayat Members (GPMs), authorities said here on Wednesday.

As per the data issued by the State Election Commission (SEC), out of the total of 242 ZPM constituencies, 142 will go for polls, as 98 candidates have been declared elected unopposed after the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Monday.

Elections to Vijaynagar ZPM seat (along with 40 GPMs) in Changlang district and Hawai North ZPM seat under Anjaw district were kept in abeyance for various reasons.

According to the poll panel data, of the 8,175 GPM constituencies, 1,670 will go for polls, as 6,168 candidates have been declared elected unopposed.

Dibang Valley district, having four ZPM and 71 GPM constituencies, has sent all the nominees elected unopposed.

The ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has won five out of 20 wards of Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) unopposed, as per the data.

For the remaining 15 wards, 36 candidates are in the fray for the forthcoming urban local bodies' election. Out of the 36 candidates, 15 are from BJP, 14 from Janata Dal (United), four from National People’s Party (NPP) and three from Congress, as per the data made available by the poll panel.

For Pasighat Municipal Council, all eight wards will go to the polls with 17 candidates in fray. Except for Ward No 3, all seven will witness a straight fight between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress. Ward No 3 is set to witness a triangular fight, with the third party being the NPP.


Chief Minister Pema Khandu, through a tweet on Monday, had claimed that BJP won 96 ZPMs, 5,410 GPMs and five Corporators.


''An impressive start for @BJP4Arunachal in State’s Panchayat and Municipal polls 2020. Congratulations to all the candidates from BJP who have won unopposed. Also thanks to the people of Arunachal for their unwavering trust in @BJP4India and PM @narendramodi Ji’s leadership,'' read Mr Khandu's tweet.

The polling for Panchayat and both the Municipal bodies (IMC and Pasighat Municipal Council) will be held simultaneously in a single phase on December 22.
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