Tuting-Yingkiong
Constituency for the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateArunachal Pradesh
DistrictUpper Siang
LS constituencyArunachal East
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
10th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Tuting-Yingkiong is one of the 60 constituencies in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. The MLA as of 2019 is Alo Libang.[1]

Tuting and Yingkiong are village and administrative town headquarters respectively of Upper Siang in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.[2][3] Upper Siang is the name of the district where the village Tuting and Yingkiong Town are located. The village was recently in spotlight due to Chinese People's Liberation Army incursion and construction of roads inside Indian territory.[4] The village is under the administrative control of an additional deputy commissioner.[5]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Member Picture Party
2009 Alo Libang Nationalist Congress Party
2014 Indian National Congress
2019 Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019

2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Tuting–Yingkiong[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Alo Libang
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors

See also

References

  1. "Arunachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Tuting location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. "Yingkiong location". Wikiedit Site. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  4. "Chinese road-building team entered 1km inside Arunachal, sent back by Indian Army: Sources". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Directory | District Upper Siang, Government of Arunachal Pradesh". Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. "Arunachal Pradesh General Legislative Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.

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