Along with the Lok Sabha election date, the Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the date for four assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Sikkim and Arunachal assembly elections will be held in a single phase. The voters in Sikkim will go to poll stations on April 10 while the election in Arunachal Pradesh will be held on April 19.

In Sikkim, the counting of the votes will happen On June 4 as the terms of the incumbent government are set to expire on June 2 this year. During the previous assembly election, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won 17 seats and formed the government led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang. The elections were held On April 11, 2019, coinciding with the Lok Sabha elections. The election saw the defeat of the long-held Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) with 15 seats. The national parties such as the BJP and Congress did not win any seats in the election.

In Arunachal Pradesh, the poll will be conducted On April 19 while the result will be out by June 4. The term of the current government would expire on June 6. The state has 60 60-member legislative body and during the 2019 assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged victorious, bagging 41 seats. The Janata Dal (United) won seven seats, the National People”s Party (NPP) five, the Congress four, and the Peoples Party of Arunachal one. Currently, BJP”s Pema Khandu is serving as the chief minister of the state.