Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, March 28 (HBTV): Six Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates including Chief Minister Pema Khandu, are set to be elected unopposed to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as no other candidate has filed nomination from their assembly seats on the last day of filing papers on Wednesday.                    

As per the Election Commission’s data, as of 9:00 pm on Wednesday, the last day for filing nominations for the April 19 Arunachal Pradesh assembly elections, only BJP candidates submitted nomination papers in five out of the 60 constituencies in the state.             

In addition to Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu's constituency of Mukto, where he is expected to win uncontested for the fourth time, four other candidates from different constituencies are also poised to secure victory without facing any opposition. These include Jikke Tako from Tali, Nyato Dukom from Taliha, Ratu Techi from Sagalee, and Mutchu Mithi from Roing. These candidates, representing the Congress party, are set to be elected unopposed as other nominees withdrew their candidatures on Wednesday.              

The BJP has fielded candidates for all 60 Assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh, while the opposition Congress nominated candidates for 34 seats. The National People’s Party fielded candidates for 29 seats. 

 Additionally, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Peoples’ Party of Arunachal have nominated 17 and two candidates respectively for the upcoming assembly polls.           

In the 2019 assembly elections, the BJP secured victory in 41 seats. Later, seven MLAs from other parties joined the BJP. Moreover, the BJP also clinched both Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elections.