9 BJP candidates filed nomination for assembly elections
Joint Chief Electoral Officer Liken Koyu said here on Saturday that independent candidate Tania June filed her nomination for Arunachal West parliamentary constituency on Friday. BJP candidates who have filed nominations so far from Mukto constituency include Khandu, Tsering Dorji (Tawang), Phurpa Tsering (Dirang), Tseten Chombe Ki (Kalaktang), Dongru Seongju (Bomdila), Kento Jini (Aalo East), Ninong Ering. Are. (Pasighat West), Chau Zingnu Namchum (Namsai), and Hamjong Tanga from Changlang South constituency respectively. Also Read – Nationalist People’s Party announces first list of candidates for assembly elections Advertisement 00:00 Previous PlayNext 00:00 / 03:01 Mute Settings Fullscreen Copy video url Play / Pause Mute / Unmute Language Share ADVERTISEMENT Koyu said, ” There will be no nomination filing process from Saturday to Monday due to holidays, hence candidates will have to file their papers on Tuesday and Wednesday.” He said that the last date for filing nomination is March 27. He informed that the scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on March 28 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is March 30. The counting of votes for the Assembly elections will take place on June 2 and the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will take place on June 4 respectively. Lok Sabha and Assembly elections will be held simultaneously in the first phase on April 19 in the northeastern state. Arunachal Pradesh has two Lok Sabha seats and a 60-member assembly. The tenure of the current assembly is ending on June 2.