INDIA, Dec. 1 -- The Arunachal Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) announced on November 30 that 63 candidates have been elected unopposed in the upcoming municipal and panchayat elections scheduled for December 15.

The SEC stated that the ruling BJP won 58 zila parishad constituencies without opposition, while one seat went uncontested to a National People's Party (NPP) candidate.

In addition, four BJP nominees were elected unopposed to the Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC).

The deadline for withdrawing nominations ended on Saturday.

Following this, 440 candidates will compete for 186 zila parishad seats, 39 candidates for 16 IMC wards, and 21 candidates for eight Pasighat Municipal Council (PMC) wards.

A total of 600 nominat...