India, Dec. 20 -- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh registered a decisive victory in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) elections, winning 14 of the 20 wards.

The civic polls for IMC, held on December 15, recorded a 51.39 % voter turnout, officials said, adding that 72,438 voters were eligible to cast their ballots in the municipal elections across the state.

In Itanagar, BJP candidates secured comfortable margins in several wards. Gigi Rena won Ward 18 by 695 votes and Likha Nari Tadar bagged Ward 16 with a margin of 676 votes, while Lokam Sikio won Ward 1 by 534 votes. BJP candidates were elected unopposed from Wards 4, 6, 7 and 19.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) emerged as the second-largest pa...