Chakat Aboh wins Khonsa West assembly seat

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Itanagar: Independent candidate Chakat Aboh won the Khonsa West Assembly constituency by-election by defeating her lone rival Azet Homtok, another independent nominee by a margin of 1,887, election officials here informed.

Aboh, who was in a straight contest with Homtok, secured 5,705 votes including 91 postal votes, while Homtok could garner only 3,818 votes including 33 postal votes, Joint Chief Electoral Officer DJ Bhatacharjee said.

There were also 68 NOTA votes in the October 21 by-poll.

Chakat Aboh, the wife of slain NPP leader Tirong Aboh, who was shot dead in May this year, has been unanimously fielded by five major political parties including the ruling BJP in the state.

Tirong Aboh, his son and nine others were shot dead by suspected NSCN militants at 12 Mile area in Tirap district on May 21, two days before he was declared elected from Khonsa West seat as a National Peoples’ Party (NPP) candidate.

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