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Arunachal Pradesh · Assembly Constituency 2 · 1980

Tawang II

Winner — 1980

TSERING TASHI
PPA
PPA 48.2%INC(I) 47.8%1 others 4.0%
Votes
1,900
48.2% share
Winning margin
14
0.3% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
76.5%
of 5,156

Tawang II was decided by a razor-thin margin of 0.3% — fewer than 14 votes separated winner from runner-up.

Seat history

All Candidates

3 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
TSERING TASHI
PPA
1,90048.2%
2
TASHI KHANDU
INC(I)
Congress (I)
1,88647.8%
3
PEMA DROGA
IND
1584.0%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Low turnout (48th), a typical margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
0.3%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 22.9% · min 0.3% · max 63.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
78%
lowerhigher
48th of 60

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.00
fewer partiesmore parties
25th of 60

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
19th of 60

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
30 seats · 16 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.00EFFECTIVE PARTIES
PPA 48.2%INC(I) 47.8%OTH 4.0%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

A sparsely populated district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
49,977
Density
23 / km²
Sex ratio
714 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
2,172 km²
SC population0.0%
ST population69.7%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
70%BUDDHIST
Buddhist 69.9%Hindu 23.7%Other 6.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water80.6%
Electricity91.1%
Sanitation74.1%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births84.2%
Children fully vaccinated67.5%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER30.4%
Children underweight (under 5)9.0%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER59.1%
Women literate56.6%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER11.9%
Clean cooking fuel88.1%
Health insurance33.5%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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