Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Location of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India
Existence	1967–present
Reservation	N/A
Current MP	Bishnu Pada Ray
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected Year	2014
State	Union Territory
Total Electors	269,360^[1]
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (12 times)

Coordinates: 11°41′N 92°46′E / 11.68°N 92.77°E / 11.68; 92.77 Andaman and Nicobar Islands( Pronunciation ); (Bengali: আন্দামান ও নিকোবর দ্বীপপুঞ্জ;) Lok Sabha constituency is the only Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian parliament) in the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Until the 1967 general election, the member of parliament (MP) representing this territory was unelected but directly appointed by the President of India.^[2] Its first MP was John Richardson who was nominated to represent this constituency in the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952.^[3] The next two to be nominated were both from the Indian National Congress (INC): Lachman Singh in 1957^[4] and Lall Niranjan in 1962.^[5] The constituency's first elected MP was K. R. Ganesh of the INC in 1967. Ganesh was re-elected in the next election in 1971. Manoranjan Bhakta of the INC won the 1977 election and would go on to serve seven consecutive terms as MP from 1977 to 1999 before being defeated by Bishnu Pada Ray of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 1999 election. Bhakta was re-elected in 2004 to serve an eighth term as MP. Ray won the 2009 election, was re-elected in the most recent election in 2014 and currently serves as this constituency's MP.

Members of Parliament

	Member	Party
1952	John Richardson	None
1957	Lachman Singh	Indian National Congress
1962	Lall Niranjan	Indian National Congress
1967	K. R. Ganesh	Indian National Congress
1971	K. R. Ganesh	Indian National Congress
1977	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1980	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1984	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1989	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1991	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1996	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1998	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
1999	Bishnu Pada Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	Manoranjan Bhakta	Indian National Congress
2009	Bishnu Pada Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party
2014	Bishnu Pada Ray	Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

General election 1967

Indian general election, 1967: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	K. R. Ganesh	19,310	52.57	N/A
	Independent	P. K. S. Prasad	9,270	25.24	N/A
	DMK	K. Kandaswamy	4,891	13.32	N/A
	Swatantra Party	R. L. Saha	1,717	4.67	N/A
	Independent	R. C. Mazumdar	1,391	3.79	N/A
	Independent	S. R. Paul	153	0.42	N/A
Margin of victory			10,040	27.33	N/A
Turnout			36,924	78.45	N/A
	INC win (new seat)

General election 1971

Indian general election, 1971: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	K. R. Ganesh	27,373	61.48	+8.91
	Independent	P. K. S. Prasad	10,040	22.55	-2.69
	Independent	Ramesh Chandra Muzumdar	4,820	10.83	+7.04
	Independent	Pabitra Kumar Biswas	1,156	2.60	N/A
	Independent	Samar Som	1,136	2.55	N/A
Margin of victory			17,333	38.93	+11.60
Turnout			44,531	70.55	-7.90
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1977

Indian general election, 1977: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	35,400	58.45	-3.03
	Independent	K. R. Ganesh	25,168	41.55	N/A
Margin of victory			10,232	16.90	-22.03
Turnout			60,590	71.02	+0.47
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1980

Indian general election, 1980: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	42,046	53.29	-5.16
	CPI(M)	P. K. S. Prasad	16,014	20.30	N/A
	Independent	K. Kandaswamy	15,856	20.10	N/A
	Janata Party	Samar Choudhury	2,034	2.58	N/A
	Independent	Karpu Swamy	1,123	1.42	N/A
	JNP(S)	Rajender Lall Saha	717	0.91	N/A
	Independent	K. N. Raju	470	0.60	N/A
	Independent	Kannu Chemy	405	0.51	N/A
	Independent	Alagiri Swamy	125	0.16	N/A
	Independent	Ramesh Mazumdar	109	0.14	N/A
Margin of victory			26,032	32.99	+16.09
Turnout			81,146	84.45	+13.43
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1984

Indian general election, 1984: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	47,019	52.85	-0.44
	Lok Dal	K. Kandaswamy	27,883	31.34	N/A
	CPI(M)	Nilima Das	11,086	12.46	-7.84
	Independent	A. A. J. Hazra	1,695	1.91	N/A
	Independent	Mahananda Biswas	780	0.88	N/A
	Independent	Kandaswamy	505	0.57	-19.53
Margin of victory			19,136	21.51	-11.48
Turnout			91,093	78.82	-5.63
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1989

Indian general election, 1989: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	53,383	47.21	-5.64
	CPI(M)	Tapan Bepari	34,469	30.49	+18.03
	Indian Congress (Socialist) – Sarat Chandra Sinha	K. Kandaswamy	19,172	16.96	N/A
	Independent	Maridar S. M. J.	4,457	3.94	N/A
	Independent	Robert R.	806	0.71	N/A
	Independent	Zubaida Cheku	553	0.49	N/A
	Independent	Shreef J. B.	225	0.20	N/A
Margin of victory			18,914	16.72	-4.79
Turnout			115,403	71.71	-7.11
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1991

Indian general election, 1991: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	54,075	50.39	+3.18
	CPI(M)	Tapan Bepari	47,374	44.14	+13.65
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	5,208	4.85	N/A
	Independent	Balakrishna Naidu S. V.	454	0.42	N/A
	Independent	Sherefe J. B.	205	0.19	-0.01
Margin of victory			6,701	6.25	-10.47
Turnout			108,822	64.35	-7.36
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1996

Indian general election, 1996: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	74,642	58.22	+7.83
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	31,097	24.25	+19.40
	CPI(M)	Tapan Kumar Bepari	18,363	14.32	-29.82
	Independent	Sundaram S. N.	927	0.72	N/A
	Independent	Vinod Kumar Gupta	707	0.55	N/A
	Independent	Mathews P. A.	544	0.42	N/A
	Janata Party	Mohan N. B.	527	0.41	N/A
	Independent	Kalimuthu	511	0.40	N/A
	Independent	Satyanarayana Rao S.	448	0.35	N/A
	Independent	Balraj S. A.	258	0.20	N/A
	Independent	Sharieff J. B.	188	0.15	-0.04
Margin of victory			43,545	33.97	+27.72
Turnout			130,918	61.98	-2.37
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1998

Indian general election, 1998: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	52,365	35.91	-22.31
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	51,821	35.53	+11.28
	IC(S)	Kuldeep Rai Sharma	29,687	20.36	N/A
	CPI(M)	Tapan Kumar Bepari	8,272	5.67	-8.65
	Independent	Henry	3,509	2.41	N/A
	Independent	Kalimuthu Dhevar K.	182	0.12	-0.28
Margin of victory			544	0.38	-33.59
Turnout			147,698	63.66	+1.68
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1999

Indian general election, 1999: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	76,891	52.74	+17.21
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	62,944	43.17	+7.26
	Independent	Agapil Kujur	4,805	3.30	N/A
	NCP	R. S. Uma Bharatthy	1,015	0.69	N/A
	Independent	Kali Muthu Dhevar K.	136	0.09	-0.03
Margin of victory			13,947	9.57	+9.19
Turnout			147,102	59.46	-4.20
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election 2004

Indian general election, 2004: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	85,794	55.77	+12.60
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	55,294	35.95	-16.79
	CPI(M)	Tapan Kumar Bepari	4,175	2.71	N/A
	NCP	R. S. Uma Bharatthy	2,364	1.54	+0.85
	CPI(ML) Liberation	N. K. P. Nair	1,448	0.94	N/A
	Independent	Deepak Biswas	1,186	0.77	N/A
	BSP	A. K. Biswas	1,122	0.73	N/A
	LNJSP	Shanmugam	691	0.45	N/A
	Independent	Gour Chandra Majumder	543	0.35	N/A
	Independent	Asit Baran Dutta	523	0.34	N/A
	Independent	K. Kalimuthu	387	0.25	+0.16
	Swaraj Dal	K. Perumal	298	0.19	N/A
Margin of victory			30,500	19.82	+10.25
Turnout			153,825
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 2009

Indian general election, 2009: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	75,211	44.21	+6.51
	INC	Kuldeep Rai Sharma	72,221	42.46	-13.31
	CPI(M)	Tapan Kumar Bepari	7,190	4.23	+1.52
	RJD	P. R. Ganeshan	4,916	2.89	N/A
	NCP	R. S. Uma Bharatthy	4,696	2.76	+1.22
	JDP	Pradeep Kumar Ekka	1,785	1.05	N/A
	Independent	V. V. Khalid	1,480	0.87	N/A
	BSP	M. S. Mohan	789	0.46	-0.27
	CPI(ML) Liberation	N. K. P. Nair	734	0.43	-0.51
	Independent	Thankachan	683	0.40	N/A
	Independent	T. Ali	398	0.23	N/A
Margin of victory			2,990	1.75	-18.07
Turnout			170,103
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

General election 2014

Indian general elections, 2014: Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[1]^[18]
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
	Trinamool Congress	Anita Mondal	2,283	1.20	N/A
	CPI(M)	K. G. Das	1,777	0.93	-3.30
	Independent	Prakash Minj	1,587	0.83	N/A
	NCP	R. S. Uma Bharatthy	1,151	0.60	-2.16
	BSP	Gour Chandra Majumder	1,139	0.60	+0.14
	Independent	Saravanan	847	0.45	N/A
	CPI(ML) Liberation	N. K. P. Nair	436	0.23	-0.20
	Independent	V. V. Khalid	429	0.23	-0.64
	SP	Raghubir Singh	379	0.20	N/A
	Independent	C. G. Saji Kumar	334	0.18	N/A
	Independent	N. Kannan	314	0.16	N/A
	Forward Bloc	A. Pandian	225	0.12	N/A
	None of the above	None of the Above	1,564	0.82	N/A
Margin of victory			7,812	4.11	+2.36
Turnout			190,328	70.66	+6.50
	BJP hold		Swing

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