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State:	Arunachal Pradesh
Constituency:	Arunachal West
Total Votes Polled:	169788
Winner: IND	Tomo Riba	88718
Runner Up: INC	P K Thungon	49102
Margin: 39616 (23.78%)

In the first general election from here in 1977, it was an Independent who won. But the seat subsequently sent only Congressman Prem K Thungon to the Lok Sabha. In 1996, Thungon was defeated, by former People's Party of Arunachal candidate Tomo Riba who was contesting this time as an Independent.