The twin Himalayan states, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, where simultaneous assembly and Lok Sabha elections were held, have re-elected their respective incumbent governments.

As the counting of assembly elections votes were held on Sunday (June 2), the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) registered an impressive third successive victory in Arunachal Pradesh, sweeping 46 out of 60 Assembly seats.

Meanwhile, in Sikkim, the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) led by Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, scripted a second successive victory by winning 31 seats out of the 32-member Assembly.

In Arunachal Pradesh, which voted on April 19 for both assembly and Lok Sabha, the BJP increased its tally by five seats from 2019, the Election Commission's website showed.

Among the opposition parties, the National People's Party (NPP), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), People's Party of Arunachal (PPA), and the Congress, secured five, three, two, and one seats respectively, while three independent candidates were victorious too.

In Sikkim, SKM scored a resounding win with 31 of its candidates winning from their respective constituencies, as per the Election Commission website. In 2019, SKM won by a narrow margin, winning 17 out of 32 seats.

The opposition Sikkim Democratic Front's (SDF) tally, meanwhile, crashed to one, a loss of 14 seats.

Sikkim also voted on April 19.