BJP candidate Tsering Lhamu become on Friday declared elected the MLA of Lumla constituency in Arunachal Pradesh`s Tawang district with out a contest. Tsering Lhamu, the spouse of former MLA Jambey Tashi, become the best candidate who filed her nomination for the by-election to the seat. The by-election become necessitated because of the dying of her husband in November ultimate year.
Returning Officer Rinchin Dorjee Thungon declared the end result at three pm after the closing date for the withdrawal of candidature become over, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Liken Koyu said. Ms Lhamu become surpassed the election certificate, he said.
Though People’s Party of Arunachal (PPA) named former ‘gaon burha’ or village headman Leki Norbu as its candidate for the by-election, he withdrew from the race. Mr Tashi, who represented the constituency for 3 consecutive phrases on the grounds that 2009, died at a clinic in Guwahati on the age of 48.
Assembly elections withinside the northeastern country can be due subsequent year, and are possibly to be held concurrently with the Lok Sabha polls. With this win, the ruling BJP’s tally withinside the 60-member House remained at 49.
The competition Congress and National Peoples’ Party (NPP) have 4 MLAs each, at the same time as there are 3 Independent MLAs.
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