Dirang Assembly constituency

Dirang is one of the 60 assembly constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh, a northeastern state of India. It is part of Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Dirang
Constituency No. 4 for the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Arunachal Pradesh
District	Tawang
Lok Sabha constituency	Arunachal East
Established	1990
Total electors	15,262
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
11th Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Phurpa Tsering
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Name	Party
1990	Lobsang Tsering[4]		Independent
1995[5]	Tsering Gyurme[6][7][8]		Indian National Congress
1999[9]
2004[10]
2009[11]	Phurpa Tsering		People's Party of Arunachal
2014[12]
2019[13]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2024

Election results

Assembly Election 2024

2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Phurpa Tsering	7,430	54.08%	New
	NPP	Yeshi Tsewang	6,228	45.33%	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	81	0.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,202	8.75%
Turnout			13,739	90.02%	90.02
Registered electors			15,262		8.86
	BJP hold		Swing

Assembly Election 2019

2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Dirang^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Phurpa Tsering	Unopposed
Registered electors			14,020		3.74
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2014

2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Phurpa Tsering	Unopposed
Registered electors			13,515		1.78
	INC gain from PPA		Swing

Assembly Election 2009

2009 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PPA	Phurpa Tsering	6,618	56.55%	New
	INC	Tsering Gyurme	5,085	43.45%	New
Margin of victory			1,533	13.10%
Turnout			11,703	85.05%	85.05
Registered electors			13,760		26.37
	PPA gain from INC		Swing

Assembly Election 2004

2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tsering Gyurme	Unopposed
Registered electors			10,889		6.27
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1999

1999 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tsering Gyurme	4,472	58.00%	7.49
	BJP	Tongchen Jomba Khrimey	2,949	38.25%	New
	NCP	Sange Tsering	289	3.75%	New
Margin of victory			1,523	19.75%	4.02
Turnout			7,710	77.49%	7.82
Registered electors			10,247		6.04
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly Election 1995

1995 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Tsering Gyurme	4,054	50.51%	17.97
	Independent	Lobsang Tsering	2,791	34.77%	New
	Independent	Sangja Gombu	1,181	14.71%	New
Margin of victory			1,263	15.74%	0.72
Turnout			8,026	84.59%	9.09
Registered electors			9,663		4.52
	INC gain from Independent		Swing

Assembly Election 1990

1990 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election : Dirang^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Lobsang Tsering	3,252	47.56%	New
	INC	Tsering Gyurme	2,225	32.54%	New
	JD	Namgyal Tsering	1,361	19.90%	New
Margin of victory			1,027	15.02%
Turnout			6,838	75.54%
Registered electors			9,245
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• Dirang
• Tawang district
• List of constituencies of Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly