BJP sweeps local body elections in Arunachal Pradesh

The BJP won 170 of the 245 Zilla Parishad seats, including 59 uncontested, in the local body poll elections in Arunachal Pradesh. The People's Party of Arunachal (PPA) emerged as the second-largest party with 28 seats, while the Congress managed to win seven seats. In Gram Panchayat elections, the BJP won 6,085 of the 8,208 seats, including 5,211 uncontested victories.