Re-polling will be held on April 19 in 37 polling stations across Arunachal Pradesh where voting was suspended on April 9 due to damage of EVMs and other poll-related violence.
Post poll violence has claimed a life in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh while an official was attacked in East Kameng district, police said.
Only 63 poll-related incidents were reported during the April 9 Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections in Arunachal Pradesh against 191 registered during 2009.
The final turnout in Arunachal Pradesh, where simultaneous elections to the mountainous, border state`s two Lok Sabha seats and the state Assembly were held, will only be available on Friday as polling officials were yet to return to the district headquarters, an election official said.
Around 71 percent polling was recorded on Wednesday in the simultaneous elections to Arunachal Pradesh`s two Lok Sabha seats and the state Assembly that was marred by violent incidents and the kidnapping of a Congress candidate from Khonsa (West) Assembly seat.
Over 500 monks of 400-year-old Tawang Monastery bordering China and those in nearby West Kameng district in Arunachal Pradesh cast their votes for two Lok Sabha and 49 of the 60 Assembly seats.
oters of a polling station in Arunachal Pradesh damaged the lone suspension bridge linking the village posing problems of polling officials to reach the booth, IGP (Law and Order) Satyendra Garg informed.
Polling for 49 assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh began peacefully amid tight security. The main contest here is between Congress and BJP but new entrant Naga Peoples Front (NPF), along with PPA and NCP are expected to put up formidable fight in several seats.
The Congress Tuesday threatened legal actions against the BJP for levelling allegations against Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki.
Itangar: Supporters of NCP and Congress clashed at Yazali in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, prompting authorities to clamp prohibitory orders in the area.
Simultaneous elections will be held in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday for two Lok Sabha seats and 49 of the 60 Assembly seats.
The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has urged the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to declare as hyper sensitive the Assembly constituencies where Congress candidates won uncontested and deploy adequate para-military forces to ensure free and fair polling during Lok Sabha election on April 9.
The BJP in Arunachal Pradesh today alleged that candidates of several political parties in the troubled districts of Tirap, Changlang and Longding were taking help from underground elements to intimidate voters.
About sixty per cent of the candidates in poll fray in Arunachal Pradesh for April 9 Assembly polls are crorepatis.
The people of Arunachal Pradesh will vote to elect its 60-member Assembly on April 09, along with General Elections, which will be held to pick two MPs to represent the state in the Lok Sabha.
Despite promises made by various political parties to provide 33 per cent reservation to women candidates in the Arunachal Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled for April 9, only eight women are in the fray for the 60-member house.
Altogether 188 candidates, including Independents, are in the fray for the 60-member assembly in Arunachal Pradesh, election for which will be held on April 9.
Six Congress candidates are likely to win unopposed in the April-9 Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh if their nomination papers are found valid during scrutiny on Monday.