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He won the seat in the 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 4,524 votes. Check his verified record below and rate his performance on NetaSampark.\n\n## Who is Tesam Pongte?\n\nTesam Pongte represents the Changlang North Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ECI), in the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was elected in the 2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election (results declared 2024-06-02).\n\n## Rate Tesam Pongte: Neta Trust Score\n\n Tesam Pongte has not been rated yet. Be the first citizen to rate this MLA.\n\nThe Neta Trust Score is a score out of 100 built from citizen ratings on NetaSampark across 10 factors: leadership, transparency, accessibility, communication, responsiveness, development work, integrity & ethics, public engagement, citizen confidence and problem resolution. It reflects the opinions of NetaSampark users and is not an official government rating.\n\n## Changlang North election result (2024)\n\n- Winner: Tesam Pongte (BJP) – 4,524 votes (52.19% of valid votes)\n- Runner-up: Dihom Kitnya (NPEP) – 2,522 votes\n- Margin: 2,002 votes\n- Total electors: 10,410\n- Source: Election Commission of India, General Election to the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly 2024 – Detailed Results.\n\n## Political career\n\n- 2024: Elected MLA from Changlang North (ST), Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly general election – BJP, 4,524 votes (52.19%), margin 2,002 over Dihom Kitnya (NPEP) [ECI]\n- Note: career events beyond official records (ECI results, official ministers list) are not included.\n- This section uses official records only (ECI results, official council of ministers lists); other career events are not included.\n\n## Tesam Pongte's education and profession\n\nEducation: Graduate (Bachelor of Arts from Rangfrah Government Collage, Changlang Arunachal Pradesh), as declared in his 2024 election affidavit.\nProfession: Deputy Speaker, APLA (Govt. of A.P.) (self-declared in affidavit).\n\n## Tesam Pongte's assets and affidavit\n\nAs declared in his 2024 election affidavit (compiled by ADR\u002FMyNeta):\n\n- Total assets: Rs 5,75,81,901 (about Rs 5.8 crore)\n- Total liabilities: Nil\n- Criminal cases declared: 1\n\nThese figures are self-declared and reflect the position at the time of filing.\n\n## Neta Updates from Tesam Pongte\n\nTesam Pongte has not yet started posting updates on NetaSampark. When his office joins NetaSampark Leader, citizens following this profile will see his announcements, work and event updates here.\n\n · Are you Tesam Pongte or his office?\n\n## Sources\n\nElection Commission of India statistical reports (2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election), ADR\u002FMyNeta affidavit data (2024). 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