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TAWANG II

Assembly seat no. 2 in Arunachal Pradesh · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 3 times since 1978.

OverviewElection History
1984INC1980PPA1978IND
Winner, 1978
TASHI KHANDU
IND
Elections held
3
1978–1984
Most successful party
INC
won 1 of 3
Margin, 1978
238
6.78% of valid votes

Result, 1978

Winner
INDTASHI KHANDU
Votes
1,874
Vote share
53.39%
Margin
238
Runner-up
JNPTSERING TASHI
Votes
1,636
Vote share
46.61%
Behind by
238
Electors
4,650
Total votes polled
3,510
Valid votes
3,510
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
75.5%

Full result, 1978

2 candidates · 3,510 valid votes

1978 election →
TASHI KHANDUINDwon
1,874
53.4%
TSERING TASHIJNP
1,636
46.6%

Past results

Most recent 3 of 3 elections

YearWinnerPartyVotesVote shareRunner-upMargin
1984TSERING TASHIINC3,13964.35%TSERING CHUKI1,400
1980TSERING TASHIPPA1,90048.17%TASHI KHANDU14
1978TASHI KHANDUIND1,87453.39%TSERING TASHI238

Who has held it

Wins by party across every election above

Turnout and closeness over time

Turnout

0%21%43%64%86%197819801984Turnout

Winning margin

0%8%16%24%32%197819801984Margin

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