Lumla Bypoll 2023

 

 BJP candidate Tshering Lhamu has been declared unopposed from Lumla Assembly seat in Arunachal Pradesh. Tshering Lhamu, wife of former MLA Jambe Tashi, was the only candidate on the seat who filed her nomination. Itanagar: Indian from Lumla constituency in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh Janata Party (BJP) candidate Tshering Lhamu was on Friday declared as the MLA without any contest. Tshering Lhamu, wife of former MLA Jambe Tashi, was the only candidate who filed her nomination for the by-election to the seat. The death of her husband in November last year necessitated the bypoll to the seat.

Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Liken Koyu said the returning officer Rinchin Dorjee Thungon declared the results at 3 pm after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations had expired. He said the election certificate has been handed over to Lhamu. Although the People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) fielded former 'village burha' or village headman Leki Norbu as its candidate for the by-election, But he withdrew from the contest. Tashi, who had represented the constituency for three consecutive terms since 2009, died at a hospital in Guwahati at the age of 48. Assembly elections in the northeastern state are due next year and are expected to be held along with the Lok Sabha elections. With this victory, the ruling BJP's tally of seats in the 60-member House has gone up to 49. Four each of the opposition Congress and the National People's Party (NPP) There are MLAs, while there are also three independent MLAs.