The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh represents two Lok Sabha constituencies. Following the 25 July 2003 Congress split, Gegong Apang formed the state government with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Congress had an alliance with its splinter group Arunachal Congress. Congress candidate and former Arunachal Congress leader Wangcha Rajkumar contested Arunachal East and AC candidate Kamen Ringu contested Arunachal West. Nationalist Trinamool Congress had a candidate in Arunachal West, competing against BJP. BJP won both seats with comfortable margins.
Ahead of the 2004 Lok Sabha elections Arunachal Congress talked about calling for a boycott as a protest against Chakma and Hajong refugees having been given the right to vote in the state. In the end the party did however decide to contest.
Parties and alliances
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedBharatiya Janata PartyKiren Rijiju2
PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedIndian National Congress Mukut Mithi 1Arunachal Congress Gegong Apang 1
Party wise Result Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− BJP 2,07,286 53.85 37.55 2 2 2rowspan="3" UPA AC 76,527 19.88 3.26 1 0 INC 38,341 9.96 46.96 1 0 2 Total 1,14,868 29.84 2 0 AITC 6,241 1.62 1 0 SP 4,901 1.27 1 0 SAP 4,896 1.27 1 0 IND 46,736 12.14 6 0 Total 3,84,928 100% - 13 2 -
Results by constituency
ConstituencyPoll%WinnerRunner-upMarginCandidateParty Votes %CandidateParty Votes % Votes %1Arunachal West56.19%Kiren RijijuBJP123,95155.95Kamen RinguAC76,52734.5447,42421.412Arunachal East56.56%Tapir GaoBJP83,33551.01Wangcha RajkumarINC38,34123.4744,99427.54
Assembly Segment wise lead
PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2004 election) Bharatiya Janata Party 48 9 Arunachal Congress 5 2 Indian National Congress 2 34 Others 5 15 Total60
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