2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Arunachal Pradesh Assembly Elections 2009
All 60 Assembly Constituencies
Turnout	72%
	Arunachal Pradesh District Map
CM before election; Dorjee Khandu; INC	CM-elect ; Dorjee Khandu; INC

The Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in October 2009, concurrently with the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The elections were held in the state for all 60 Assembly seats on 2009-10-13. The results were declared on 2009-10-22. Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu's Indian National Congress party came back to power in the state with an increased majority, winning 42 seats in the 60 seat Assembly.

Previous Assembly

In the 2004 Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election, Congress won 34 of the 60 seats and Congress leader Gegong Apang was elected as the Congress Legislative Party and was sworn in as the Chief Minister.^[2] Apang had defected from the Bharatiya Janata Party just a few weeks before the election. The BJP won win 9 seats.

However, in April 2007, 29 Congress legislators formally supported a change of leadership in the state Congress. The dissidents also claimed support from 2 NCP, 1 Arunachal Congress and 11 independent legislators.^[3] Apang, Arunachal's longest serving chief minister, was forced to step down on 2007-04-09 when the Congress legislators elected Power Minister Dorjee Khandu as the new Congress Legislative Party leader.^[4] Khandu was sworn in as the state's seventh Chief Minister by Nagaland Governor K. Sankaranarayanan on 2007-04-10.^[5]

In June of the same year, Khandu's Government received further strengthening when 8 out of the 9 BJP MLAs joined Congress, taking the strength of the party to 41.^[6]

Background

The tenure of the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly was scheduled to expire on 2009-10-24. So the Election Commission of India announced^[7] on 2009-08-31 that the election to the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly would be held in October 2009.

Though Nationalist Congress Party and All India Trinamool Congress were Congress' allies at the Centre, in Arunachal Pradesh, they fought the election against Congress. The BJP was also in the fray in Arunachal, having formed their 1st Government in the North-East after Apang and his supporters had joined the BJP in August 2003.^[8]

Schedule

Poll Event	Dates
Announcement & Issue of Press Note	Monday, 31 Aug 2009
Issue of Notification	Friday, 18 Sep 2009
Last Date for filing Nominations	Friday, 25 Sep 2009
Scrutiny of Nominations	Saturday, 26 Sep 2009
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature	Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009
Date of Poll	Tuesday, 13 Oct 2009
Counting of Votes on	Thursday, 22 Oct 2009
Date of election being completed	Sunday, 25 Oct 2009
Constituencies Polling on this day	60
Source: Election Commission of India^[7]

Results

Summary of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election result

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
Parties and Coalitions		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Indian National Congress	2,89,501	50.38		60	42
	Nationalist Congress Party	1,11,098	19.33		36	5
	All India Trinamool Congress	86,406	15.04		26	5
	People's Party of Arunachal	41,780	7.27		11	4
	Bharatiya Janata Party	29,929	5.21		18	3
	Janata Dal (United)	3,584	0.62		3	0
	Independents	12,364	2.15		3	1

Total		5,74,662	100.00		60	100.00	±0

Source:^[9]

By constituency

Results
Assembly Constituency		Winner				Runner Up				Margin
#	Name	Candidate	Party		Votes	Candidate	Party		Votes	Margin
1	Lumla	Jambey Tashi		Indian National Congress	Elected Unopposed
2	Tawang	Tsewang Dhondup		Indian National Congress	Elected Unopposed
3	Mukto	Dorjee Khandu		Indian National Congress	Elected Unopposed
4	Dirang	Phurpa Tsering		People's Party of Arunachal	6618	Tsering Gyurme		Indian National Congress	5085	1533
5	Kalaktang	Tenzing Norbu Thongdok		Indian National Congress	4189	Rinchin Khandu Khrimey		Nationalist Congress Party	2958	1231
6	Thrizino-Buragaon	Kumsi Sidisow		People's Party of Arunachal	8279	Naresh Glow		Indian National Congress	3281	4998
7	Bomdila	R T Khunjuju		Indian National Congress	4062	Japu Deru		Nationalist Congress Party	3670	392
8	Bameng	Kumar Waii		Indian National Congress	5647	Tagung Neri		All India Trinamool Congress	2283	3364
9	Chayangtajo	Karya Bagang		All India Trinamool Congress	3674	Kameng Dolo		Indian National Congress	3332	342
10	Seppa East	Tapuk Taku		All India Trinamool Congress	4666	Tame Phassang		Indian National Congress	4374	292
11	Seppa West	Tani Loffa		All India Trinamool Congress	2783	Mama Natung		Indian National Congress	2472	311
12	Pakke-Kessang	Atum Welly		Indian National Congress	2885	Techi Hemu		Nationalist Congress Party	2818	67
13	Itanagar	Techi Kaso		Nationalist Congress Party	13443	Kipa Babu		Indian National Congress	10057	3386
14	Doimukh	Nabam Rebia		Indian National Congress	6752	Ngurang Pinch		Nationalist Congress Party	6154	598
15	Sagalee	Nabam Tuki		Indian National Congress	6646	Tad Tana		Nationalist Congress Party	2954	3692
16	Yachuli	Likha Saaya		Indian National Congress	5638	Nikh Kamin		All India Trinamool Congress	5596	42
17	Ziro-Hapoli	Padi Richo		Indian National Congress	9569	Nani Ribia		All India Trinamool Congress	6697	2872
18	Palin	Takam Tagar		People's Party of Arunachal	6015	Balo Raja		Indian National Congress	5326	689
19	Nyapin	Bamang Felix		Nationalist Congress Party	4865	Tatar Kipa		Indian National Congress	4126	739
20	Tali	Markio Tado		People's Party of Arunachal	5261	Takam Sorang		Indian National Congress	2548	2713
21	Koloriang	Lokam Tassar		Indian National Congress	5095	Kahfa Bengia		Nationalist Congress Party	3996	1099
22	Nacho	Tanga Byaling		Indian National Congress	4878	Ajit Nacho		Bharatiya Janata Party	1052	3826
23	Taliha	Punji Mara		Indian National Congress	3570	Nyato Rigia		All India Trinamool Congress	3164	406
24	Daporijo	Tapen Siga		Bharatiya Janata Party	5009	Yari Dulom		Indian National Congress	3806	1203
25	Raga	Nido Pavitra		Indian National Congress	5460	Aath Tacho Kabak		Nationalist Congress Party	4274	1186
26	Dumporijo	Takar Marde		Indian National Congress	7493	Paknga Bage		Independent	1735	5758
27	Liromoba	Jarbom Gamlin		Indian National Congress	6640	Bai Gadi		Bharatiya Janata Party	2748	3892
28	Likabali	Jomde Kena		Indian National Congress	3420	Yai Mara		All India Trinamool Congress	2527	893
29	Basar	Gojen Gadi		Indian National Congress	8438	Dakter Basar		All India Trinamool Congress	5317	3121
30	Along West	Gadam Ete		Indian National Congress	5113	Duter Padu		All India Trinamool Congress	5082	31
31	Along East	Jarkar Gamlin		Indian National Congress	5175	Yomto Jini		All India Trinamool Congress	4576	599
32	Rumgong	Tamiyo Taga		Bharatiya Janata Party	3658	Karma Jerang		Janata Dal (United)	2915	743
33	Mechuka	Pasang Dorjee Sona		Indian National Congress	3973	Tsering Naksang		Nationalist Congress Party	2423	1550
34	Tuting-Yingkiong	Alo Libang		Nationalist Congress Party	4827	Gegong Apang		Indian National Congress	3457	1370
35	Pangin	Tapang Taloh		Indian National Congress	6826	Kaling Jerang		Nationalist Congress Party	4045	2781
36	Nari-Koyu	Tako Dabi		Indian National Congress	3398	Kenyir Ringu		Nationalist Congress Party	2656	742
37	Pasighat West	Tangor Tapak		Bharatiya Janata Party	5529	Omak Apang		Indian National Congress	4868	661
38	Pasighat East	Bosiram Siram		Indian National Congress	8908	Kaling Moyong		Nationalist Congress Party	5683	3225
39	Mebo	Ralom Borang		Nationalist Congress Party	5142	Lombo Tayeng		Indian National Congress	4555	587
40	Mariyang-Geku	J K Panggeng		Indian National Congress	4165	Raising Perme		Nationalist Congress Party	2885	1280
41	Anini	Rajesh Tacho		Indian National Congress	1730	Eri Tayu		Nationalist Congress Party	1649	81
42	Dambuk	Jomin Tayeng		Nationalist Congress Party	4967	Roding Pertin		Indian National Congress	4837	130
43	Roing	Laeta Umbrey		All India Trinamool Congress	5170	Pomoya Mithi		Indian National Congress	4337	833
44	Tezu	Karikho Kri		Indian National Congress	8397	Nakul Chai		All India Trinamool Congress	4552	3845
45	Hayuliang	Kalikho Pul		Indian National Congress	7788	Baritlum Ama		All India Trinamool Congress	998	6790
46	Chowkham	Chow Tewa Mein		Indian National Congress	6279	Chow Chinakong Namchoom		Nationalist Congress Party	4023	2256
47	Namsai	Nang Sati Mein		Independent	10447	Chow Pingthika Namchoom		All India Trinamool Congress	4778	5699
48	Lekang	Chowna Mein		Indian National Congress	6896	James Techi Tara		Nationalist Congress Party	3950	2946
49	Bordumsa-Diyun	C C Singpho		Indian National Congress	6193	Khumral Lungphi		Nationalist Congress Party	5238	955
50	Miao	Kamlung Mossang		Indian National Congress	9151	Samchom Ngemu		Nationalist Congress Party	6180	2971
51	Nampong	Setong Sena		Indian National Congress	5432	Tosham Mossang		Independent	1582	3850
52	Changlang South	Phosum Khimhun		Indian National Congress	2904	Tengam Ngemu		All India Trinamool Congress	950	1954
53	Changlang North	Thinghaap Taiju		Indian National Congress	4088	Wangnia Pongte		All India Trinamool Congress	2834	1254
54	Namsang	Wangki Lowang		Indian National Congress	4968	Wanglong Rajkumar		Nationalist Congress Party	2275	2693
55	Khonsa East	Kamthok Lowang		All India Trinamool Congress	3475	T.L. Rajkumar		Indian National Congress	3020	455
56	Khonsa West	Yumsem Matey		Indian National Congress	4030	Thajam Aboh		All India Trinamool Congress	3562	468
57	Borduria-Bagapani	Wanglin Lowangdong		Indian National Congress	4034	Tonhang Tongluk		Nationalist Congress Party	1908	2126
58	Kanubari	Newlai Tingkhatra		Indian National Congress	4859	Gabriel Denwang Wangsu		People's Party of Arunachal	4189	670
59	Longding-Pumao	Thangwang Wangham		Indian National Congress	4763	Tanpho Wangnaw		People's Party of Arunachal	4178	585
60	Pongchau-Wakka	Honchun Ngandam		Indian National Congress	7531	Anok Wangsa		People's Party of Arunachal	2976	4555

Government Formation

The Congress party won 42 of the 60 seats in the Assembly, including 3 uncontested seats - Dorjee Khandu from Mukto, Tsewang Dhondup from Tawang and Jambey Tashi from Lumla. Seasoned Congressman, seven times MLA and former chief minister, Gegong Apang, and his son Omak Apang both lost the elections. While Gegong lost to Nationalist Congress Party, his son was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.^[10] Without the competition from Gegong, Dorjee Khandu was smoothly elected as the Congress Legislative Party leader on 2009-10-24.^[11]

Khandu was sworn in for his 2nd term as the Chief Minister by Governor J.J. Singh at the Darbar Hall of the Itanagar Raj Bhawan on 2009-10-25.^[12]

References

^ "72 pc voter turnout in Arunachal Pradesh". CNN-IBN. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
^ "Apang is Arunachal Pradesh chief minister". Rediff.com. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
^ "Arunachal CM, PCC chief summoned to Delhi". The Hindu. 6 April 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ "Dorjee Khandu to be new Arunachal CM". The Hindu. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ "Apang out, Khandu is new Arunachal Chief Minister". The Indian Express. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ "Arunachal: All BJP MLAs except one join Congress". Rediff.com. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Schedule for General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ Kaushal, Pradeep (25 August 2009). "Apang, his MLAs to join BJP". Indian Express. Retrieved 30 October 2009.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 : To the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ Singh, Bikash (22 October 2009). "AP assembly elections: Congress romps back to power". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
^ "Dorjee Khandu elected CLP leader in Arunachal". Press Trust of India. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Khandu sworn in as CM for second term". The Times of India. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009 – via timesofindia.com.

[1] "72 pc voter turnout in Arunachal Pradesh". CNN-IBN. 13 October 2009. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

[2] "Apang is Arunachal Pradesh chief minister". Rediff.com. 13 October 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

[3] "Arunachal CM, PCC chief summoned to Delhi". The Hindu. 6 April 2007. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[4] "Dorjee Khandu to be new Arunachal CM". The Hindu. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[5] "Apang out, Khandu is new Arunachal Chief Minister". The Indian Express. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[6] "Arunachal: All BJP MLAs except one join Congress". Rediff.com. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[ECI-2009Aug-7] "Schedule for General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2009. ^{[dead link‍]}

[8] Kaushal, Pradeep (25 August 2009). "Apang, his MLAs to join BJP". Indian Express. Retrieved 30 October 2009.

[ArunachalPECI2014-9] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2009 : To the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 January 2021.

[10] Singh, Bikash (22 October 2009). "AP assembly elections: Congress romps back to power". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2 November 2009.

[11] "Dorjee Khandu elected CLP leader in Arunachal". Press Trust of India. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] "Khandu sworn in as CM for second term". The Times of India. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009 – via timesofindia.com.

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