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2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Arunachal Pradesh on April 11 to elect the 60 members of Legislative Assembly. The term of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ends on June 1, 2019. This resulted in a landslide victory for Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies. Pema Khandu took oath as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister on 29 May 2019.

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Pema Khandu	60

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Nabam Tuki	46

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	National People's Party			Conrad Sangma	30

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Janata Dal (United)			Nitish Kumar	15

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	People's Party of Arunachal				9


	Bharatiya Janata Party	315,540	50.86	19.89	60	41	30
	Janata Dal (United)	61,325	9.88	9.88	15	7	7
	National People's Party	90,347	14.56	14.56	30	5	5
	Indian National Congress	104,540	16.85	32.65	46	4	38
	People's Party of Arunachal	10,714	1.73	7.23	9	1	4
	Janata Dal (Secular)	13,378	2.16	2.16	12	0
	All Indians Party	232	0.04	0.04	1	0
	Independents	18,528	2.99	1.93	11	2
	None of the above	5,824	0.94	0.11	60

Total	6,20,428	100.00		60	100.00	±0

Three-member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Phurpa Tsering from Dirang, Taba Tedir from Yachuli and Kento Jini from Along East were elected unopposed after others' candidature was rejected or the candidates withdrew themselves.

Some major political consequences were:

National People's Party was accorded the status of National Party from Election Commission of India as it got 5 seats in the assembly with a vote share of 14.56% getting also the status of a Recognized State Party in Arunachal Pradesh.
Janata Dal (United) party got the status of a Recognized State Party by the Election Commission of India as it secured 7 seats in the assembly winning a vote share of 9.88% in the state.
2019 elections in India
2019 Indian general election
2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Second Pema Khandu ministry

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