The National People’s Party secured five seats, followed by the People’s Party of Arunachal with two, and the NCP with three.

The BJP on Sunday returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party won 46 seats in the 60-member assembly and secured a majority, Election Commission officials said. Votes were counted for 50 assembly segments for which elections were held in the northeastern state along with Lok Sabha polls on April 19.

The dissolution of the seventh assembly in Arunachal Pradesh by Governor KT Parnaik has set the stage for the formation of the eighth assembly following the election results. According to a statement from the Raj Bhavan,