Itanagar, March 26: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday claimed its first victory on two assembly seats "uncontested" in Arunachal Pradesh. The announcement was made by the BJP national general secretary, Ram Madhav. One of the candidates won the assembly elections unopposed but he has to wait till March 28 for a formal announcement, said state chief electoral officer to Hindustan Times. Arunachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Dates: Constituency-Wise Complete Schedule Of Voting And Results For General Elections.

BJP candidate Kento Jini from Aalo East constituency was elected unopposed as the only other candidate Minkir Lollen of Congress' nomination paper was rejected. “Only two candidates had filed nominations for the Along East seat. After scrutiny, the nomination paper of the Congress candidate Minkir Lollen was rejected. Kento Jini is the lone eligible candidate,” Arunachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kaling Tayeng told Hindustan Times.

“Officially we can declare the BJP candidate as the winner only after the necessary formalities are completed following last date of withdrawal of nomination papers on March 28,” he added. 2 Arunachal Ministers, 6 MLAs Quit BJP; Join NPP.

Taking the announcement to Twitter, BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav said, "Victory March of BJP starts from Arunachal Pradesh: Sir Kento Jini has won (uncontested) from Alo East constituency."

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Madhav also informed about the victory of Er Taba Tedir from Yachuli Assembly segment. "Another victory also from Arunachal Pradesh: Er Taba Tedir won unopposed from 16 Yachuli Assembly segment. (These two victories are for Arunachal Pradesh Assembly, which goes to polls together with parliament on 11 April)," he said in another tweet.

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