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James Lowangcha Wanglat is an Indian politician. He has served as Home, Finance and Civil Supplies Minister of the state of Arunachal Pradesh.〔''Times of India''. ''(Former Arunachal home min Wanglat joins BJP )''〕 Wanglat hails from the royal family of Namsang-Borduria.〔 He became a student activist in 1969. He took part in the founding of the North East Frontier Agency Students Union in 1970 and the All Arunachal Pradesh Students Union in 1971. He was arrested during protests in 1974. In 1977 he became the founding general secretary of the People's Party of Arunachal.〔 He was elected four times to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly.〔 He contested the Khonsa North seat as a PPA candidate in the 1978 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 1,401 (27.52%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1978 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 He contested the same seat again as a PPA candidate in the 1980 election, winning it with 2,685 votes (47.75%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1980 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 He lost the seat in the 1984 election, finishing in second place with 1,786 votes (26.26%). He contested this election as an independent candidate.〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1984 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 He won the Borduria-Bogapani seat in the 1990 election, standing as a Janata Dal candidate. He obtained 2,932 votes (62.40%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1990 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 He retained the seat in 1995, standing as an Indian National Congress candidate. He obtained 3,653 votes (71.53%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1995 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 In 1999 he again stood as an Indian National Congress candidate, retaining the seat. He got 2,289 votes (50.14%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 He lost the Borduria-Bogapani seat in the 2004 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, standing as an Indian National Congress candidate. He finished in second place with 1,979 votes.〔Election Commission of India. ''(STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH )''〕 Wanglat resigned from the Indian National Congress in March 2009.〔''The Telegraph''. ''(Wanglat predicts tough fight )''〕 He contested the 2009 Indian general election as an Arunachal Congress candidate in the Arunachal East Lok Sabha constituency.〔 Commenting on his candidature before the poll, he stated that the election was "...a must-win situation for me and I am well aware of it as a defeat in the polls will mark the end of my career".〔 He finished in third place with 46,539 votes (21.65%).〔Election Commission of India. ''(25 – Constituency Wise Detailed Result )''〕 As of October 2009 he was the Arunachal Pradesh state president of the Nationalist Congress Party.〔''Nagaland Post''. ''(Arunachal goes to polls today )''〕 On January 18, 2014, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at a party rally at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.〔 He was fielded by the party in the Borduria-Bogapani seat in the 2014 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.〔CEO Arunachal Pradesh. ''(List of contesting candidates )''〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Lowangcha Wanglat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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