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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Goruk Pordung''' is an Indian politician who is serving as Member of [[10th Arunachal Pradesh Assembly]] from [[Bameng Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election, 2019 |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/11675-arunachal-pradesh-legislative-assembly-election-2019/ |website=Election Commission of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Constituencies |url=https://eastkameng.nic.in/constituencies/ |website=Government of Arunachal Pradesh}}</ref> In [[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], he defeated [[Kumar Waii]] with the margin of 393 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=BJP wins 7 Assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/itanagar/bjp-wins-7-assembly-seats-in-arunachal-pradesh/articleshow/69463714.cms |access-date=2024-07-27 |newspaper=The Times of India |language=en | agency=PTI | date=23 May 2019}}</ref>

== Electoral performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election !! Constituency !! colspan="2"|Party !! Result !! Votes % !! Opposition Candidate !! colspan="2"|Opposition Party !! Opposition vote %|| Ref
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|[[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]||[[Bameng Assembly constituency|Bameng]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||{{Won}}||51.60%||[[Kumar Waii]]||{{party name with color|National People's Party (India)}}||47.58%||<ref name="Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates {{!}} BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats2">{{cite news|last1=|first1=|title=Arunachal Pradesh Assembly results live updates {{!}} BJP wins 7 Assembly seats, leads in both LS seats|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/arunachal-pradesh-assembly/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-results-live-updates/article27195252.ece|accessdate=19 May 2025|publisher=The Hindu|date=22 May 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519173743/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/arunachal-pradesh-assembly/arunachal-pradesh-assembly-results-live-updates/article27195252.ece|archivedate=19 May 2025|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Arunachal Assembly will have 20 first time MLAs">{{cite news|title=Arunachal Assembly will have 20 first time MLAs|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/arunachal-assembly-will-have-20-first-time-mlas-736043.html|accessdate=19 May 2025|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=25 May 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250519173615/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/arunachal-assembly-will-have-20-first-time-mlas-736043.html|archivedate=19 May 2025|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Controversy ==
In 2019, a case registered against him for [[raping]] a doctor.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |last3= |first3= |title=Case registered against BJP MLA Goruk Pordung for 'raping' doctor |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/arunachal-pradesh-case-registered-against-bjp-mla-goruk-pordung-for-allegedly-raping-a-woman/articleshow/71599364.cms |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Times of India |date= 15 October 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=BJP MLA from Arunachal Pradesh accused of rape |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/itanagar/bjp-mla-from-arunachal-pradesh-accused-of-rape/articleshow/71610182.cms |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Times of India |date=16 October 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In December 2019, [[Gauhati High Court]] rejected his bail.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=HC rejects bail of BJP MLA in rape case |url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2020/12/20/hc-rejects-bail-of-bjp-mla-in-rape-case/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Arunachal Times |date=20 December 2020 |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2020, [[Supreme Court of India]] ordered [[Special Investigation Team (India)|Special Investigation Team]] probe against him.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |last2= |first2= |last3= |last4= |first4= |title=SC orders SIT probe against BJP MLA {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sc-orders-sit-probe-against-bjp-mla/articleshow/73180465.cms |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Times of India |date= 10 January 2020|language=en}}</ref> In February 2021, court granted him interim bail.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Court grants interim bail to BJP MLA |url=https://arunachaltimes.in/index.php/2021/02/14/court-grants-interim-bail-to-bjp-mla/ |access-date=2022-11-27 |website=The Arunachal Times |date=14 February 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Arunachal Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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MaryellenBuckman at 18:38, 19 May 2025