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Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Lok Sabha Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) was won by Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 1,407 votes over Vishal Jolly. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, from 1967 to 2019.

Full Election History, 1967–2019

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1967 K. R. Ganesh Indian National Congress 19,310 52.6% P. K. S. Prasad (Independent) 10,040 (27.3 pts)
1971 K .R. Ganesh Indian National Congress 27,373 61.5% P. K. S. Prasad (Independent) 17,333 (38.9 pts)
1977 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 35,400 58.4% K.R. Ganesh (Independent) 10,232 (16.9 pts)
1980 Manoranjan Bhakta Congress (I) 42,046 53.3% P.K.S. Prasad (CPI (Marxist)) 26,032 (33.0 pts)
1984 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 47,019 52.8% K.Kandaswamy (LKD) 19,136 (21.5 pts)
1989 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 53,383 47.2% Tapan Bepari (CPI (Marxist)) 18,914 (16.7 pts)
1991 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 54,075 50.4% Tapan Bepari (CPI (Marxist)) 6,701 (6.2 pts)
1996 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 74,642 58.2% Bishnu Pada Ray (Bharatiya Janata Party) 43,545 (34.0 pts)
1998 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 52,365 35.9% Bishnu Pada Ray (Bharatiya Janata Party) 544 (0.4 pts)
1999 Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 76,891 52.7% Manoranjan Bhakta (Indian National Congress) 13,947 (9.6 pts)
2004 Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 85,794 55.8% Bishnu Pada Ray (Bharatiya Janata Party) 30,500 (19.8 pts)
2009 Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 75,211 44.2% Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Indian National Congress) 2,990 (1.8 pts)
2014 Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 90,969 47.8% Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Indian National Congress) 7,812 (4.1 pts)
2019 Kuldeep Rai Sharma Indian National Congress 95,308 46.3% Vishal Jolly (Bharatiya Janata Party) 1,407 (0.7 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1967

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K. R. Ganesh Indian National Congress 19,310 52.6%
P. K. S. Prasad Independent 9,270 25.2%
Kandaswamy DMK 4,891 13.3%
R. L. Saha Swatantra Party 1,717 4.7%
R. C. Mazumdar Independent 1,391 3.8%
S. R. Paul Independent 153 0.4%

1971

CandidatePartyVotesShare
K .R. Ganesh Indian National Congress 27,373 61.5%
P. K. S. Prasad Independent 10,040 22.5%
Ramesh Chandra Muzumdar Independent 4,820 10.8%
Pabitra Kumar Biswas Independent 1,156 2.6%
Samar Som Independent 1,136 2.6%

1977

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 35,400 58.4%
K.R. Ganesh Independent 25,168 41.6%

1980

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Congress (I) 42,046 53.3%
P.K.S. Prasad CPI (Marxist) 16,014 20.3%
K. Kanda Swamy Independent 15,856 20.1%
Samar Choudhury Janata Party 2,034 2.6%
Karpu Swamy Independent 1,123 1.4%
Rajender Lall Saha Janata Party (Secular) 717 0.9%
K.N. Raju Independent 470 0.6%
Kannu Chemy Independent 405 0.5%
Alagiri Swamy Independent 125 0.2%
Ramesh Mazumdar Independent 109 0.1%

1984

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 47,019 52.8%
K.Kandaswamy LKD 27,883 31.3%
Nilima Das CPI (Marxist) 11,086 12.5%
A.A.J.Hazra Independent 1,695 1.9%
Mahananda Biswas Independent 780 0.9%
Kandaswamy Independent 505 0.6%

1989

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 53,383 47.2%
Tapan Bepari CPI (Marxist) 34,469 30.5%
Kandaswamy K. ICS(SCS) 19,172 17.0%
Maridar S.M.J Independent 4,457 3.9%
Robert R. Independent 806 0.7%
Zubaida Cheku Independent 553 0.5%
Shreef J.B. Independent 225 0.2%

1991

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 54,075 50.4%
Tapan Bepari CPI (Marxist) 47,374 44.1%
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 5,208 4.9%
Balakrishna Naidu S.V. Independent 454 0.4%
Sherefe J.B. Independent 205 0.2%

1996

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 74,642 58.2%
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 31,097 24.3%
Tapan Kumar Bepari CPI (Marxist) 18,363 14.3%
Sundaram S N Independent 927 0.7%
Vinod Kumar Gupta Independent 707 0.6%
Mathews P A Independent 544 0.4%
Mohan N B Janata Party 527 0.4%
Kalimuthu Independent 511 0.4%
Satyanarayana Rao S Independent 448 0.3%
Balraj S A Independent 258 0.2%
Sharieff J B Independent 188 0.1%

1998

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 52,365 35.9%
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 51,821 35.5%
Kuldeep Rai Sharma ICS 29,687 20.4%
Tapan Kumar Bepari CPI (Marxist) 8,272 5.7%
Henry Independent 3,509 2.4%
Kalimuthu Dhevar K. Independent 182 0.1%

1999

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 76,891 52.7%
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 62,944 43.2%
Agapil Kujur Independent 4,805 3.3%
Uma Bharathi Nationalist Congress Party 1,015 0.7%
Kali Muthu Dhevar K Independent 136 0.1%

2004

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Manoranjan Bhakta Indian National Congress 85,794 55.8%
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 55,294 35.9%
Tapan Kumar Bepari CPI (Marxist) 4,175 2.7%
R S Uma Bharathy Nationalist Congress Party 2,364 1.5%
N K P Nair CPI (ML) Liberation 1,448 0.9%
Deepak Biswas Independent 1,186 0.8%
A K Biswas Bahujan Samaj Party 1,122 0.7%
Dr Shanmugam LJP 691 0.4%
Gour Chandra Majumder Independent 543 0.4%
Asit Baran Dutta Independent 523 0.3%
K Kalimuthu Independent 387 0.3%
K Perumal SWD 298 0.2%

2009

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 75,211 44.2%
Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma Indian National Congress 72,221 42.5%
Shri Tapan Kumar Bepari CPI (Marxist) 7,190 4.2%
Shri. P. R. Ganeshan Rashtriya Janata Dal 4,916 2.9%
Smti. R. S. Uma Bharatthy Nationalist Congress Party 4,696 2.8%
Shri. Pradeep Kumar Ekka JDP 1,785 1.0%
Shri. Vakiath Valappil Khalid Independent 1,480 0.9%
Shri. M. S. Mohan Bahujan Samaj Party 789 0.5%
Shri. N. K. P. Nair CPI (ML) Liberation 734 0.4%
Dr. Thankachan Independent 683 0.4%
Shri. T. Ali Independent 398 0.2%

2014

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bishnu Pada Ray Bharatiya Janata Party 90,969 47.8%
Kuldeep Rai Sharma Indian National Congress 83,157 43.7%
Sanjay Meshack Aam Aadmi Party 3,737 2.0%
Anita Mondal All India Trinamool Congress 2,283 1.2%
K.G.Das CPI (Marxist) 1,777 0.9%
Prakash Minj Independent 1,587 0.8%
None Of The Above Independent 1,564 0.8%
R.S.Uma Bharatthy Nationalist Congress Party 1,151 0.6%
Gour Chandra Majumder Bahujan Samaj Party 1,139 0.6%
Saravanan Independent 847 0.4%
N K P Nair CPI (ML) Liberation 436 0.2%
V V Khalid Independent 429 0.2%
Raghubir Singh Samajwadi Party 379 0.2%
C G Saji Kumar Independent 334 0.2%
N Kannan Independent 314 0.2%
A Pandian AIFB 225 0.1%

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Kuldeep Rai Sharma Indian National Congress 95,308 46.3%
Vishal Jolly Bharatiya Janata Party 93,901 45.6%
Paritosh Kumar Haldar Independent 5,341 2.6%
Sanjay Meshack Aam Aadmi Party 2,839 1.4%
Prakash Minj Bahujan Samaj Party 2,486 1.2%
Ayan Mandal All India Trinamool Congress 1,721 0.8%
Henry Independent 994 0.5%
K Venkat Ram Babu Independent 914 0.4%
Minati Biswas Independent 618 0.3%
S Sudershan Rao Independent 475 0.2%
V V Khalid Independent 306 0.1%
K Kalimuthu Independent 275 0.1%
C U Rasheed Independent 273 0.1%
Gour Chandra Majumder Independent 221 0.1%
C G Saji Kumar AIHCP 212 0.1%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).

1967: Indian National Congress margin 27.3 pts 1971: Indian National Congress margin 38.9 pts 1977: Indian National Congress margin 16.9 pts 1980: Congress (I) margin 33.0 pts 1984: Indian National Congress margin 21.5 pts 1989: Indian National Congress margin 16.7 pts 1991: Indian National Congress margin 6.2 pts 1996: Indian National Congress margin 34.0 pts 1998: Indian National Congress margin 0.4 pts 1999: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 9.6 pts 2004: Indian National Congress margin 19.8 pts 2009: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 1.8 pts 2014: Bharatiya Janata Party margin 4.1 pts 2019: Indian National Congress margin 0.7 pts 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019

Trend

Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been contested at 14 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1967. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Bharatiya Janata Party.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Andaman & Nicobar Islands in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?

Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Indian National Congress) won Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, in 2019 with 95,308 votes (46.3%), a margin of 1,407 votes over Vishal Jolly.

Which parties have won Andaman & Nicobar Islands since 1967?

Since 1967, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has been won by: Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress (I), Indian National Congress.

What was the closest result in Andaman & Nicobar Islands?

The closest result on record for Andaman & Nicobar Islands was 1998, when Indian National Congress beat Bharatiya Janata Party by just 544 votes (0.4 percentage points).

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