Itanagar, According to the Election Commission of India, BJP's Wangling Lowangdong defeated his nearest rival NCP's Jowang Hosai by a margin of 1,452 votes in the Borduria-Bogapani seat.

Counting of votes for 50 assembly seats in the northeastern state began at 6 am on Sunday.

Lowangdong had won the seat on a Congress ticket in 2019. He joined the saffron party before the elections.

According to the Election Commission of India, BJP candidate Hamjong Tanga won the Changlang South seat, defeating his nearest rival Timpu Ngemu of the National People's Party by a margin of 1,482 votes.

The BJP had already won 10 seats unopposed in the 60-member assembly, elections for which were held along with the Lok Sabha elections in the first phase on April 19.