The ruling BJP in
Arunachal Pradesh emerged as the winner in 39 gram panchayat member seats and
two Zilla Parishad member seats, of which most were won uncontested, said an
official.
Opposition
Congress won five GP seats and National People’s Party (NPP) tasted success in
one seat and Independents in nine.
Out of the total
54 vacant GPM seats and two ZPM seats spread over 23 districts of the state,
elections were held for one ZPM and 5 GPM, as candidates in the others won
uncontested, State Election Commission (SEC) secretary Taru Talo said.
The seats fall
vacant due to various reasons including death and resignation from posts, Talo
said.
Arunachal Pradesh
has a total of 25 zila parishads with 242 constituencies and 2,115 gram
panchayats with 8,145 seats.
The State Assembly
on March 15, 2018, passed the Arunachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill
to do away with the Anchal Samiti, the intermediate level of the three-tier
panchayati raj system, and set up a two-tier mechanism in the state.
This was being
done following the 73rd Amendment of the Constitution that enables a state
having less than 20 lakh population not to have the intermediate level.
Arunachal Pradesh
has a population of 13.84 lakh. The last panchayat elections in the state were
held in December 2020.
PTI
