Arunachal Assembly Polls: Cong wins 42/ 60 seats
Itanagar, Oct 22: As predicted, Congress bagged a massive majority of 42 seats in the 60-member legislative assembly in the 2009 Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls.
Out of the left over 18 seats, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 3, and People's Party of Arunachal won 4.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) which are allies of the Congress at the Centre contested against it in the state. While Trinamool claimed 6 seats, NCP won 5.
With this, Congress has thrashed out its major opponent BJP and consolidated its position in the northeastern part of the country.
In-focus: Arunachal Assembly Polls 2009
Arunachal Pradesh (60/60) | |||
Party | Leads | Wins | Win+Lead |
CONG | 0 | 42 | 42 |
BJP | 0 | 3 | 3 |
NCP | 0 | 6 | 6 |
TC | 0 | 5 | 5 |
OTHERS | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Congress
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Congress set to sweep Arunachal polls
As expected Congress is taking a sweeping lead in the the Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls counting with over 16 wins and 15 leads, while the other parties are barely catching up.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has managed to secure one lead.
The allies of Congress at the centre, Trinamool Congress and NCP are also lagging behind in the counting which began at 8 am on Oct 22.
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BJP,
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Others
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fray
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