2024 Election Results Live: Vote counting begins at 6 a.m.
Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Results for the state assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will be declared today. The BJP is on track for a landslide victory in Arunachal Pradesh, while the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) is all set for a second term in the northeastern state.
Voting took place on April 19 for 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 seats in Sikkim. Voting results for all seats in both northeastern states are in.
In Arunachal Pradesh, results will be announced today for 50 assembly seats in which Chief Minister Pema Khandu is seeking a third term. The ruling BJP has already won 10 seats unopposed. The BJP has fielded candidates in all 60 seats in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly, while the Congress Party is contesting 34 seats.
The Sikkim Assembly has 32 seats. Chief Minister PS Tamang said he was confident that the people of Sikkim would support his party for another term in power. In 2019, the SKM won 17 seats against Pawan Chamling’s party’s 15, putting an end to the SDF’s 25-year rule.
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Sikkim Assembly Election Results: Setback for Pawan Kumar Chamling
SDF leader Pawan Kumar Chamling lost to SKM candidate Bhoj Raj Rai in the Pokhrok constituency. The former chief minister lost to Rai by 3,063 votes.
Sikkim’s incumbent SKM has won half of the state’s 32 seats and is leading in 15 others, the Election Commission’s website shows.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu congratulated the BJP leaders as the party is on its way to a landslide victory.
I congratulate Ealing Taran on his victory in Seppa East Constituency 10. The road ahead is full of opportunities to make a difference. Let’s do it together!@BJP4ArunachalIndia#ArunachalElectionResult2024pic.twitter.com/TeKbCBLuWJ
– Pema Khandu BJP (Modi Ka Parivar) (@PemaKhanduBJP) June 2, 2024
Sikkim Chief Minister and SKM leader PS Tamang won the Lenok Assembly seat by defeating SDF’s Som Nath Poudyal by 7,044 votes.
BJP’s Heyen Manfi wins in Chayantajo, defeating Indian National Congress’ Komp Dholo by 6,685 votes.
BJP’s Tesam Ponte and Wanling Lawandong won in the Changlang North and Borduria Bogapani constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh respectively.
Borduria Bogapani – BJP
Changlang (North) – BJP
Changlang (South) – BJP
Konsa (East) – Independent
Namsan – BJP
Palin – BJP
Sikkim election results: Another SKM candidate wins
SKM candidate Samdrup Lepcha wins in Lachen Mangan constituency
Independent candidate Wanglam Sawin won in Khonsa East constituency in Arunachal Pradesh, while SKM’s Pintsho Namgyel Lepcha won in Jong constituency in Sikkim.
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang is leading his closest SDF rival Som Nath Poudyal in the Lenok assembly constituency by about 6,443 votes, while in the Soren Chakhun assembly constituency Tamang is leading his closest SDF rival AD Subha by 2,052 votes.
Sikkim’s ruling SKM leads in 31 of 32 seats, while the BJP is predicted to win 45 of Arunachal Pradesh’s 60 seats.
Most exit polls predicted that the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) would retain power in Sikkim, while in Arunachal Pradesh, exit polls predicted a landslide victory for the BJP.
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) supporters and workers were seen celebrating as the party is on its way to a landslide victory.
AP and Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024 Results: All the Leads
The ruling SKM in Sikkim is leading in 31 of the 32 seats, while the BJP is likely to win 44 of the 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Shaw said in a leading statement.
As per early trends, the BJP is leading in 42 seats in Arunachal Pradesh, the NPP in nine and the Congress in one. Results for 50 seats will be declared today.
In the 2019 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP won 41 seats. The JD(U) won seven, the NPP five, the Indian National Congress four and the PPA one. Two independents also won in the state assembly elections.
Despite rain across the state, hundreds of supporters gathered at the SKM office and early indications suggest the party is all set to seek a second term in Sikkim.
Early indications suggest that the Nationalist People’s Party (NPP) is leading in two constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh, while the Congress Party is leading in one.
Sikkim’s ruling SKM emerges ahead in mid-term elections, leading in 17 of 32 seats
SKM leads in four of Sikkim’s 32 seats, while BJP and SDF lead in one each, showing early lead
Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024 Results: A second term for SKM?
Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang said he was confident that the people of Sikkim would give his party their support for another term. He is contesting from the Lenok and Soren Chakun constituencies.
Sikkim Assembly Elections 2024 Results
SKM leads in four of Sikkim’s 32 seats, while BJP and SDF lead in one each, showing early lead
Among the 146 candidates, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, his wife Krishna Kumari Rai, former chief minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and former footballer Baichung Bhutia are the front-runners.
Arunachal Pradesh election results: Early lead
Early trends show the BJP leading in eight seats in Arunachal Pradesh. The party has already won 10 seats in the northeastern state. Results for 50 of the 60 seats are due to be announced today.
In Sikkim, the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha, which is locked in a bilateral contest with the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), is hoping to win power for a second consecutive term as vote counting for the 32 assembly seats gets underway.
Election results 2024: Results for 50 of Arunachal’s 60 assembly seats to be declared today
With 10 BJP candidates elected unopposed, results for 50 of the 60 seats will be known today. The BJP, which won 41 seats in 2019, has fielded candidates in all 60 seats. The Congress Party contested 34 seats.
Vote counting begins in Arunachal and Sikkim
Votes for 50 seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 seats in Sikkim will be counted today.
In Arunachal Pradesh, election officials said 24 vote counting centres (48 poll counting stations) have been set up in 25 districts and a three-tiered security arrangement has been put in place in and around these centres, led by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).
More than 2,000 officials were deployed to the vote count, and the Election Commission appointed 27 vote observers to oversee the process.
In Sikkim, where turnout among the state’s 464,000 voters was 79.77 percent in the state assembly elections and 80.03 percent in the simultaneous parliamentary elections, the main contest is between the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang and the Sikkim Democratic Front of Pawan Kumar Chamling, who served as the chief minister of the Himalayan state from 1993 to 2019.
The BJP also contested 31 seats, while the Indian National Congress contested 12 seats.
According to a statement by Election Commissioner D Anand, the vote counting will take place at six designated centres in schools and government institutions in Gyalsing, Soren, Namchi, Gangtok, Pakyong and Mangan districts.
Voting took place on April 19 for 60 seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 seats in Sikkim. Initially, counting of votes in the two states was scheduled to take place on June 4, but the date was later rescheduled as the term of the legislatures in both states ends on June 2.
State election results: Vote counting begins at 6 a.m.
Counting of votes for the state assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will begin today (June 2). Counting will begin at 6 am.
