Arunachal West (Lok Sabha constituency)

Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency is one of the two Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in Arunachal Pradesh state in northeastern India. This constituency covers the entire Tawang, West Kameng, East Kameng, Papum Pare, Lower Subansiri, Kurung Kumey, Upper Subansiri and West Siang districts.

Assembly segments

Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency comprises 33 Assembly segments:

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	MLA	Party		Party Leading (in 2019)
1	Lumla	ST	Tawang	Jambey Tashi		BJP		BJP
2	Tawang		Tawang	Tsering Tashi
3	Mukto		Tawang	Pema Khandu
4	Dirang		West Kameng	Phurpa Tsering
5	Kalaktang		West Kameng	Dorjee Wangdi Kharma
6	Thrizino-Buragaon		West Kameng	Kumsi Sidisow
7	Bomdila		West Kameng	Dongru Siongju
8	Bameng		East Kameng	Goruk Pordung
9	Chayangtajo		East Kameng	Hayeng Mangfi
10	Seppa East		East Kameng	Tapuk Taku		NPP
11	Seppa West		East Kameng	Mama Natung		BJP
12	Pakke-Kessang		Pakke-Kessang	Biyuram Wahge
13	Itanagar		Papum Pare	Techi Kaso		JD(U)
14	Doimukh		Papum Pare	Tana Hali Tara		BJP
15	Sagalee		Papum Pare	Nabam Tuki		INC		INC
16	Yachuli		Lower Subansiri	Taba Tedir		BJP		BJP
17	Ziro-Hapoli		Lower Subansiri	Tage Taki
18	Palin		Kra-Daadi	Balo Raja
19	Nyapin		Kurung Kumey	Bamang Felix
20	Tali		Kra-Daadi	Jikke Tako
21	Koloriang		Kurung Kumey	Lokam Tassar
22	Nacho		Upper Subansiri	Nakap Nalo
23	Taliha		Upper Subansiri	Nyato Rigia
24	Daporijo		Upper Subansiri	Taniya Soki
25	Raga		Kamle	Tarin Dapke		NPP
26	Dumporijo		Upper Subansiri	Rode Bui		BJP
27	Liromoba		West Siang	Nyamar Karbak
28	Likabali		Lower Siang	Kardo Nyigyor
29	Basar		Lepa Rada	Gokar Basar		NPP
30	Along West		West Siang	Tumke Bagra		BJP
31	Along East		West Siang	Kento Jini
32	Rumgong		Siang district	Talem Taboh
33	Mechuka		Shi Yomi	Pasang Dorjee Sona

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner	Party
1977	Rinching Khandu Khrime	Indian National Congress
1980	Prem Khandu Thungan	Indian National Congress (I)
1984		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	Tomo Riba	Independent
1998	Omak Apang	Arunachal Congress
1999	Jarbom Gamlin	Indian National Congress
2004	Kiren Rijiju	Bharatiya Janata Party
2009	Takam Sanjoy	Indian National Congress
2014	Kiren Rijiju	Bharatiya Janata Party
2019

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Arunachal West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kiren Rijiju	2,25,796	63.02	+12.56
	INC	Nabam Tuki	50,953	14.22	-23.80
	JD(S)	Jarjum Ete	43,919	12.26	N/A
	NPP	Khyoda Apik	27,119	7.57	N/A
	PPA	Subu Kechi	4,766	1.33	-3.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,889	0.53	-0.01
Majority			1,74,843	48.80	+36.36
Turnout			3,64,047	78.50	+3.39
	BJP hold		Swing	+12.56

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Arunachal West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kiren Rijiju	1,69,367	50.46	+1.76
	INC	Takam Sanjoy	1,27,629	38.02	-11.14
	PPA	Jalley Sonam	14,664	4.37	+4.37
	AITC	Gumjum Haider	9,135	2.72	N/A
	NCP	Gicho Kabak	6,065	1.81	N/A
	AAP	Habung Payeng	3,647	1.09	N/A
	Independent	Subu Kechi	2,362	0.70	-0.41
	Lok Bharati	Taba Taku	980	0.29	-0.75
	NOTA	None of the above	1,816	0.54	—
Majority			41,738	12.44	+11.98
Turnout			3,37,671	75.60	+9.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	+1.30

 

General election 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Arunachal West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Takam Sanjoy	119,266
	BJP	Kiren Rijiju	117,952
Majority			1,314	0.46
Turnout			2,85,710	65.93
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General elections 2004

2004 Indian general elections: Arunachal West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kiren Rijiju	1,23,951	55.95
	Arunachal Congress	Kamen Ringu	76,527	34.54
	AITC	Tadar Taniang	6,241	2.82
	SP	Kardu Taipodia	4,901	2.21
	Independent	Jodik Tali	3,133	1.41
	Independent	Tujo Bagra	1,905	0.86
Majority			47,424
Turnout			2,21,554	56.19
	BJP gain from INC		Swing