India, Dec. 21 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a clear win in the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) elections in Arunachal Pradesh, winning 14 of the 20 wards.

The municipal elections took place on December 15, with a voter turnout of 51.39%.

Officials said 72,438 voters were eligible to vote in the municipal elections across the state.

In Itanagar, BJP candidates won by comfortable margins in several wards.

Gigi Rena won Ward 18 by 695 votes, Likha Nari Tadar secured Ward 16 with a margin of 676 votes, and Lokam Sikio won Ward 1 by 534 votes.

BJP candidates were also elected unopposed in Wards 4, 6, 7 and 19.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) emerged as the second-largest party in the IMC by winning three wards. G...