Voting has begun for Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim on Friday. Polling began at 7:00 am and will end at 6:00 pm, according to the Election Commission of India. The closure of polling time might differ constituency-wise.
People of 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 Assembly seats in Sikkim will cast their votes the same day as voters of 102 Parliamentary constituencies across 21 states will exercise their polling rights in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election which has also begun today.
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While Arunachal will be voting for two Lok Sabha seats, Sikkim will poll for its lone parliamentary seat in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections today.
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Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim Assembly Elections Latest Updates
- Voting for the 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal and 32 seats in Sikkim has commenced.
- Sikkim reported over 36.75% voter turnout for 32 Assembly seats and the lone Lok Sabha constituency by 1:00 pm, an official reported.
- Over 37.39% voter turnout was recorded in Arunachal Pradesh by 1:00 pm.
- Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu urged all “eligible voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers”.
- “As Arunachal Pradesh votes today to elect representatives for the eighth State Legislative Assembly and 18th Lok Sabha, I appeal to all eligible voters to exercise their franchise in large numbers. Let us overwhelmingly participate in this vibrant festival to enrich democracy. I also call upon the youth and first-time voters to take part in the elections,” the Arunachal CM wrote in an X post.
- The BJP won 41 seats in Arunachal Pradesh in the 2019 Assembly polls, and subsequently, seven MLAs of other parties, including the Janata Dal-United, joined the BJP.
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- In the 60-member Assembly in Arunachal Pradesh, 59 seats are reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
- The results of Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim will be announced on June 2.
- In Sikkim, chief minister and SKM supremo Prem Singh Tamang, former CM and SDF chief Pawan Kumar Chamling are among the 146 candidates in the fray for the 32-member Assembly.
- The BJP has an informal alliance with the ruling SKM in Sikkim, whose government it supports from the outside.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took to microblogging site X and urged voters of 102 constituencies across 21 states which are set to go to polls today, to “exercise their franchise in record numbers”.
- “The 2024 Lok Sabha elections commence today! As 102 seats across 21 States and UTs go to the polls, I urge all those voting in these seats to exercise their franchise in record numbers. I particularly call upon the young and first time voters to vote in large numbers. After all, every vote counts and every voice matters!” the prime minister said.
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