Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
District | Nicobar, North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman |
Established | 1952 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | INC |
Alliance | UPA |
Elected year | 2019 |
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 it's Member of Parliament since 1967 Indian general election.
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 2019, the current MP representing this constituency is Kuldeep Rai Sharma of the Indian National Congress.
Lok Sabha | Duration | Name 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 | 1999-2004 | Bishnu Pada Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Fourteenth | 2004-2009 | Manoranjan Bhakta | Indian National Congress | |
Fifteenth | 2009-2014 | Bishnu Pada Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | |||
Seventeenth | 2019-Incumbent | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | Indian National Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | ||||
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | ||||
CPI(M) | D. Ayyappan | ||||
BSP | Arun Kumar Mallik | ||||
AIADMK | K. J. B. Selvaraj | ||||
SUCI(C) | Salamat Mondal | ||||
ANDC | Manoj Paul | ||||
IND | V.k. Abdul Aziz | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K R Ganesh | 19,310 | 52.57 | ||
Independent | P. K. S. Prasad | 9,270 | 25.24 | ||
DMK | K. Kandaswamy | 4,891 | 13.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 10,040 | 27.33 | |||
Turnout | 36,924 | 78.45 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K R Ganesh | 27,373 | 61.48 | ||
Independent | P. K. S. Prasad | 10,040 | 22.55 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Chandra Muzumdar | 4,820 | 10.83 | ||
Margin of victory | 17,333 | 38.93 | |||
Turnout | 44,531 | 70.55 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 35,400 | 58.45 | ||
Independent | K. R. Ganesh | 25,168 | 41.55 | ||
Margin of victory | 10,232 | 16.90 | |||
Turnout | 60,590 | 71.02 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 42,046 | 53.29 | ||
CPI(M) | P. K. S. Prasad | 16,014 | 20.30 | ||
Independent | K. Kandaswamy | 15,856 | 20.10 | ||
JP | Samar Choudhary | 2,034 | 2.58 | ||
Margin of victory | 26,032 | 32.99 | |||
Turnout | 81,146 | 84.45 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 47,019 | 52.85 | ||
LKD | K. Kandaswamy | 27,883 | 31.34 | ||
CPI(M) | Nilima Das | 11,086 | 12.46 | ||
Margin of victory | 19,136 | 21.51 | |||
Turnout | 91,093 | 78.82 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 53,383 | 47.21 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Bepari | 34,469 | 30.49 | ||
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | K. Kandaswamy | 19,172 | 16.96 | ||
Margin of victory | 18,914 | 16.72 | |||
Turnout | 115,403 | 71.71 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 54,075 | 50.39 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Bepari | 47,374 | 44.14 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 5,208 | 4.85 | ||
Margin of victory | 6,701 | 6.25 | |||
Turnout | |||||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 74,642 | 58.22 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 31,097 | 24.25 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 18,363 | 14.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 43,545 | 33.97 | |||
Turnout | 1,30,918 | 61.98 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 52,365 | 35.91 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 51,821 | 35.53 | ||
IC(S) | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 29,687 | 20.36 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 8,272 | 5.67 | ||
Margin of victory | 544 | 0.38 | |||
Turnout | 1,47,698 | 63.66 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 76,891 | 52.74 | ||
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 62,944 | 43.17 | ||
Independent | Agapil Kujur | 4,805 | 3.30 | ||
Margin of victory | 13,947 | 9.57 | |||
Turnout | 1,47,102 | 59.46 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 85,794 | 55.77 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 55,294 | 35.95 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 4,175 | 2.71 | ||
Margin of victory | 30,500 | 19.82 | |||
Turnout | 1,53,825 | ||||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 75,211 | 44.21 | ||
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 72,221 | 42.46 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 7,190 | 4.22 | ||
RJD | P. R. Ganeshan | 4,916 | 2.86 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,990 | 1.75 | |||
Turnout | 1,70,103 | 64.16 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 90,969 | 47.80 | +3.59 | |
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 83,157 | 43.69 | +1.23 | |
AAP | Sanjay Meschack | 3,737 | 1.96 | N/A | |
AITC | Anita Mondal | 2,283 | 1.20 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,564 | 0.82 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 7,812 | 4.11 | +2.36 | ||
Turnout | 1,90,328 | 70.66 | +6.50 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 95,308 | 45.98 | +2.29 | |
BJP | Vishal Jolly | 93,901 | 45.30 | -2.50 | |
Independent | Paritosh Kumar Haldar | 5,341 | 2.58 | +2.58 | |
AAP | Sanjay Meshack | 2,839 | 1.37 | -0.56 | |
BSP | Prakash Minj | 2,486 | 1.20 | N/A | |
AITC | Ayan Mandal | 1,721 | 0.83 | N/A | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,412 | 0.68 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,407 | 0.68 | -3.43 | ||
Turnout | 207,296 | 65.21 | -5.45 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Union Territory | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
District | Nicobar, North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman |
Established | 1952 |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
17th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | INC |
Alliance | UPA |
Elected year | 2019 |
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 it's Member of Parliament since 1967 Indian general election.
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 2019, the current MP representing this constituency is Kuldeep Rai Sharma of the Indian National Congress.
Lok Sabha | Duration | Name 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 | 1999-2004 | Bishnu Pada Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Fourteenth | 2004-2009 | Manoranjan Bhakta | Indian National Congress | |
Fifteenth | 2009-2014 | Bishnu Pada Ray | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Sixteenth | 2014-2019 | |||
Seventeenth | 2019-Incumbent | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | Indian National Congress |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | ||||
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | ||||
CPI(M) | D. Ayyappan | ||||
BSP | Arun Kumar Mallik | ||||
AIADMK | K. J. B. Selvaraj | ||||
SUCI(C) | Salamat Mondal | ||||
ANDC | Manoj Paul | ||||
IND | V.k. Abdul Aziz | ||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
gain from | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K R Ganesh | 19,310 | 52.57 | ||
Independent | P. K. S. Prasad | 9,270 | 25.24 | ||
DMK | K. Kandaswamy | 4,891 | 13.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 10,040 | 27.33 | |||
Turnout | 36,924 | 78.45 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | K R Ganesh | 27,373 | 61.48 | ||
Independent | P. K. S. Prasad | 10,040 | 22.55 | ||
Independent | Ramesh Chandra Muzumdar | 4,820 | 10.83 | ||
Margin of victory | 17,333 | 38.93 | |||
Turnout | 44,531 | 70.55 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 35,400 | 58.45 | ||
Independent | K. R. Ganesh | 25,168 | 41.55 | ||
Margin of victory | 10,232 | 16.90 | |||
Turnout | 60,590 | 71.02 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 42,046 | 53.29 | ||
CPI(M) | P. K. S. Prasad | 16,014 | 20.30 | ||
Independent | K. Kandaswamy | 15,856 | 20.10 | ||
JP | Samar Choudhary | 2,034 | 2.58 | ||
Margin of victory | 26,032 | 32.99 | |||
Turnout | 81,146 | 84.45 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 47,019 | 52.85 | ||
LKD | K. Kandaswamy | 27,883 | 31.34 | ||
CPI(M) | Nilima Das | 11,086 | 12.46 | ||
Margin of victory | 19,136 | 21.51 | |||
Turnout | 91,093 | 78.82 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 53,383 | 47.21 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Bepari | 34,469 | 30.49 | ||
Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha | K. Kandaswamy | 19,172 | 16.96 | ||
Margin of victory | 18,914 | 16.72 | |||
Turnout | 115,403 | 71.71 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 54,075 | 50.39 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Bepari | 47,374 | 44.14 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 5,208 | 4.85 | ||
Margin of victory | 6,701 | 6.25 | |||
Turnout | |||||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 74,642 | 58.22 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 31,097 | 24.25 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 18,363 | 14.32 | ||
Margin of victory | 43,545 | 33.97 | |||
Turnout | 1,30,918 | 61.98 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 52,365 | 35.91 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 51,821 | 35.53 | ||
IC(S) | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 29,687 | 20.36 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 8,272 | 5.67 | ||
Margin of victory | 544 | 0.38 | |||
Turnout | 1,47,698 | 63.66 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 76,891 | 52.74 | ||
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 62,944 | 43.17 | ||
Independent | Agapil Kujur | 4,805 | 3.30 | ||
Margin of victory | 13,947 | 9.57 | |||
Turnout | 1,47,102 | 59.46 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Manoranjan Bhakta | 85,794 | 55.77 | ||
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 55,294 | 35.95 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 4,175 | 2.71 | ||
Margin of victory | 30,500 | 19.82 | |||
Turnout | 1,53,825 | ||||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 75,211 | 44.21 | ||
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 72,221 | 42.46 | ||
CPI(M) | Tapan Kumar Bepari | 7,190 | 4.22 | ||
RJD | P. R. Ganeshan | 4,916 | 2.86 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,990 | 1.75 | |||
Turnout | 1,70,103 | 64.16 | |||
BJP gain from INC | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Bishnu Pada Ray | 90,969 | 47.80 | +3.59 | |
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 83,157 | 43.69 | +1.23 | |
AAP | Sanjay Meschack | 3,737 | 1.96 | N/A | |
AITC | Anita Mondal | 2,283 | 1.20 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,564 | 0.82 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 7,812 | 4.11 | +2.36 | ||
Turnout | 1,90,328 | 70.66 | +6.50 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Kuldeep Rai Sharma | 95,308 | 45.98 | +2.29 | |
BJP | Vishal Jolly | 93,901 | 45.30 | -2.50 | |
Independent | Paritosh Kumar Haldar | 5,341 | 2.58 | +2.58 | |
AAP | Sanjay Meshack | 2,839 | 1.37 | -0.56 | |
BSP | Prakash Minj | 2,486 | 1.20 | N/A | |
AITC | Ayan Mandal | 1,721 | 0.83 | N/A | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 1,412 | 0.68 | N/A | |
Margin of victory | 1,407 | 0.68 | -3.43 | ||
Turnout | 207,296 | 65.21 | -5.45 | ||
INC gain from BJP | Swing |