BJP candidate Kiren Rijiju is leading by 26,406 votes in Arunachal West Parliament seat over his nearest rival sitting MP Takam Sanjoy of the Congress. Rijiju fought a multi-cornered contest with eight candidates from the seat.
In the Eastern Parliament seat, Congress candidate and Union minister of state for minority affairs Ninong Ering is surging ahead of BJP's Tapir Gao by a margin of 10,836 votes in a triangular contest.
In 2009 both Sanjoy and Ering won the seats by a margin of 1,314 votes and 68,449 votes respectively.
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