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Current government

Who governs Arunachal Pradesh today

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Pema Khandu
Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh

In office since 17 Jul 2016 · 10 years, 1 month

Pema Khandu (born 21 August 1979) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th and current Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 2016, as well as serving as leader of the house in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He is the son of former Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu. Since assuming the office of the Chief Minister in July 2016, he and his government have twice changed their party affiliation; in September 2016 from the Indian National Congress to the People's Party of Arunachal, and then in December 2016 to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Current seats
2
in the present Lok Sabha
Elections contested
13
Leading party, 2024
BJP
2 of 2 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Arunachal Pradesh.

2024vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh

Party2024201920142009200419991998199619911989198419801977
INC0012020022201
BJP2210200000000
IND0000000200001
AC0000002000000
Others0000000000020
Total seats2222222222222

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh

011221977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024INCBJPINDAC
  • INC
  • BJP
  • IND
  • AC

Constituency performance

From the 2 results in Arunachal Pradesh, 2024

Best performance
ARUNACHAL WEST
KIREN RIJIJU, 51.38% share
Closest contest
ARUNACHAL EAST
won by 30,421 (9.40%)
Biggest victory
ARUNACHAL WEST
won by 1,00,738 (25.20%)

Seat change & vote share

Arunachal Pradesh, 2024

2SEATS
  • Retained2 (100%)
  • Changed hands0 (0%)

2 constituencies were won by the same party as 2019; 0 changed hands.

Vote share by party
BJP48.53%
INC30.40%
IND14.94%
GSP4.22%
ADP0.92%

Result by election

BJP 2
  • BJP2
BJP 2
  • BJP2
INC 1BJP 1
  • INC1
  • BJP1
INC 2
  • INC2
BJP 2
  • BJP2
INC 2
  • INC2
IND 2
  • IND2
INC 2
  • INC2
INC 2
  • INC2
INC 2
  • INC2
INC(I) 2
  • INC(I)2
IND 1INC 1
  • IND1
  • INC1

Top leaders

Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, most recent first

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Pema Khandu
BJPIncumbent
2016present
Kalikho Pul
PPA
20162016
Nabam Tuki
INC
20112016
Jarbom Gamlin
INC
20112011

Constituencies

2 current, 2 under former boundaries · showing 1–4 of 4

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
1ARUNACHAL WESTGEN42024
2ARUNACHAL EASTGEN42024
1ARUNACHAL WESTformer boundaryGEN92004
2ARUNACHAL EASTformer boundaryGEN92004

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.