Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Lok Sabha constituency
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Location of Andaman & Nicobar Islands in India
Constituency details
Country India
Union Territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands
District Nicobar, North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, MP of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, addressing at the inauguration of the Public Information Campaign, at Ferrargunj, South Andaman on January 03, 2016.jpg
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year 2024
Preceded by Kuldeep Rai Sharma
Indian National Congress hand logo.svg   INC

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency is the only Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituency in the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It covers the entire union territory. Andaman and Nicobar Island has been voting for its Member of Parliament since 1967 Indian general election.

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Until the 1967 general election, the Member of Parliament representing this territory was not elected, but directly appointed by the President of India. [1] After 1967, the member of parliament was elected by adult franchise. The first elected member of parliament was K. R. Ganesh. He is the only elected member from this constituency to serve as a minister at the central government. Manoranjan Bhakta has won 8 times from this constituency. As of the latest election in 2024, the current MP representing this constituency is Bishnu Pada Ray of the Bhartiya Janata Party.

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha DurationName of M.P. Political Affiliation
First 1952-57 John Richardson Nominated [2]
Second 1957-62 Lachman Singh Nominated - INC [3] [4]
Third 1962-67 Niranjan Lall
Fourth 1967-71 K. R. Ganesh Indian National Congress
Fifth 1971-77
Sixth 1977-80 Manoranjan Bhakta
Seventh 1980-84
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96
Eleventh 1996-98
Twelfth 1998-99
Thirteenth 1999-04 Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth 2004-09 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress
Fifteenth 2009-14 Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party
Sixteenth 2014-19
Seventeenth 2019-2024 Kuldeep Rai Sharma Indian National Congress
Eighteenth 2024-Incumbent Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results


General Election 1967

1967 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K.R. Ganesh 19,310 52.57
Independent P. K. S. Prasad9,27025.24
DMK K. Kandaswamy4,89113.32
Margin of victory10,04027.33
Turnout 36,92478.45
INC hold Swing

General Election 1971

1971 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K R Ganesh27,37361.48
Independent P. K. S. Prasad10,04022.55
Independent Ramesh Chandra Muzumdar4,82010.83
Margin of victory17,33338.93
Turnout 44,53170.55
INC hold Swing

General Election 1977

1977 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 35,40058.45
Independent K. R. Ganesh25,16841.55
Margin of victory10,23216.90
Turnout 60,59071.02
INC hold Swing

General Election 1980

1980 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 42,04653.29
CPI(M) P. K. S. Prasad16,01420.30
Independent K. Kandaswamy15,85620.10
JP Samar Choudhary2,0342.58
Margin of victory26,03232.99
Turnout 81,14684.45
INC hold Swing

General Election 1984

1984 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 47,01952.85
LKD K. Kandaswamy27,88331.34
CPI(M) Nilima Das11,08612.46
Margin of victory19,13621.51
Turnout 91,09378.82
INC hold Swing

General Election 1989

1989 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 53,38347.21
CPI(M) Tapan Bepari34,46930.49
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra SinhaK. Kandaswamy19,17216.96
Margin of victory18,91416.72
Turnout 115,40371.71
INC hold Swing

General Election 1991

1991 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 54,07550.39
CPI(M) Tapan Bepari47,37444.14
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 5,2084.85
Margin of victory6,7016.25
Turnout
INC hold Swing

General Election 1996

1996 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 74,64258.22
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 31,09724.25
CPI(M) Tapan Kumar Bepari18,36314.32
Margin of victory43,54533.97
Turnout 1,30,91861.98
INC hold Swing

General Election 1998

1998 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 52,36535.91
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 51,82135.53
IC(S) Kuldeep Rai Sharma 29,68720.36
CPI(M) Tapan Kumar Bepari8,2725.67
Margin of victory5440.38
Turnout 1,47,69863.66
INC hold Swing

General Election 1999

1999 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 76,89152.74
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 62,94443.17
Independent Agapil Kujur4,8053.30
Margin of victory13,9479.57
Turnout 1,47,10259.46
BJP gain from INC Swing

General Election 2004

2004 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Manoranjan Bhakta 85,79455.77
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 55,29435.95
CPI(M) Tapan Kumar Bepari4,1752.71
Margin of victory30,50019.82
Turnout 1,53,825
INC gain from BJP Swing

General Election 2009

2009 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 75,21144.21
INC Kuldeep Rai Sharma 72,22142.46
CPI(M) Tapan Kumar Bepari7,1904.22
RJD P. R. Ganeshan4,9162.86
Margin of victory2,9901.75
Turnout 1,70,10364.16
BJP gain from INC Swing

General Election 2014

General Election, 2014: Andaman & Nicobar Islands [17] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 90,969 47.80 +3.59
INC Kuldeep Rai Sharma 83,15743.69+1.23
AAP Sanjay Meschack3,7371.96N/A
AITC Anita Mondal2,2831.20N/A
NOTA None of the Above1,5640.82N/A
Margin of victory7,8124.11+2.36
Turnout 1,90,32870.66+6.50
BJP hold Swing

General Election 2019

General elections, 2019: Andaman & Nicobar Islands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Kuldeep Rai Sharma 95,308 45.98 +2.29
BJP Vishal Jolly93,90145.30−2.50
Independent Paritosh Kumar Haldar5,3412.58+2.58
AAP Sanjay Meshack2,8391.37−0.56
BSP Prakash Minj2,4861.20N/A
AITC Ayan Mandal1,7210.83N/A
None of the Above None of the Above1,4120.68N/A
Margin of victory1,4070.68−3.43
Turnout 207,29665.21−5.45
INC gain from BJP Swing

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bishnu Pada Ray 102,436 50.58 +5.28
INC Kuldeep Rai Sharma 78,04038.54−7.44
ANDCManoj Paul8,2544.08New
CPI(M) D. Ayyappan6,0172.97N/A
IND V.K. Abdul Aziz2,2031.09N/A
NOTA None of the above1,8090.89+0.21
Majority23,99612.04+11.36
Turnout 202,51464.26−0.95
Registered electors 315,148
BJP gain from INC Swing

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