Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha constituency is the only

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Union Territory Among the states and union territories of India, a Union Territory (UT) is a region that is directly governed by the Government of India, central government of India, as opposed to the states, which have their own State governments of India, s ...

Andaman and Nicobar Islands The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India comprising 572 islands, of which only 38 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by a ...

. It covers the entire union territory. Andaman and Nicobar Island has been voting for its Member of Parliament since

1967 Indian general election General elections were held in India between 17 and 21 February 1967 to elect 520 of the 523 members of the fourth Lok Sabha, an increase of 15 from the previous session of Lok Sabha. Elections to State Assemblies were also held simultaneously ...

. Until the 1967 general election, the Member of Parliament representing this territory was not elected, but directly appointed by the

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. 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

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, the current MP representing this constituency is

Bishnu Pada Ray Bishnu Pada Ray (born 19 June 1950) is an Indian politician and a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to 13th Lok Sabha from Andaman and Nicobar Islands constituency from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2009 to 2019. In 2024, he i ...

of the

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Members of Parliament

Election results

General Election 1967

General Election 1971

General Election 1977

General Election 1980

General Election 1984

General Election 1989

General Election 1991

General Election 1996

General Election 1998

General Election 1999

General Election 2004

General Election 2009

General Election 2014

General Election 2019

General Election 2024

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha Seat Results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Andaman And Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha Constituency) Constituencies of the Lok Sabha Politics of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 1950s establishments in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Constituencies established in 1952 Elections in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands