Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency

Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha constituency, which covers the entire area of the UT of Lakshadweep in India. This seat is reserved for STs.^[2] As of 2014, it is the smallest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of electorate.^[3] Lakshadweep didn't have an elected MP (LS) till 1967.

Lakshadweep LD-1
Lok Sabha constituency
Interactive Map Outlining Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Union Territory	Lakshadweep
Established	1957
Total electors	57,784[1]
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Until 1957, Lakshadweep formed part of a constituency in the Malabar District, but it was only in 1967 that its MP was directly elected, having previously been appointed by the President of India.^[4] Its first MP was K. Nalla Koya Thangal of the INC who served two terms from 1957 to 1967.^[5][6][7] Its first election in 1967 was won by independent politician, P. M. Sayeed. In the next election in 1971, Sayeed representing the INC was elected unopposed. He went on to win the next 8 elections consecutively before being defeated by 71 votes in the 2004 election by P. Pookunhi Koya of the Samata party election campaign led by Jayakumar Ezhuthupally from samata party Kerala party. In total, Sayeed represented this constituency in the Lok Sabha for ten consecutive terms from 1967 to 2004.^[8] In the 2009 election, Sayeed's son, Md Hamdulla Sayeed, won the seat.^[9] After 2019 General elections, Md Faizal Padippura of the NCP was the MP till his disqualification. He was disqualified after he was convicted with 10 year jail term.^[10] However, his conviction was suspended by Kerala HC, and he was reinstated as MP.^[11]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1957	K. Nalla Koya Thangal[Note 1]		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	P. M. Sayeed		Independent
1971			Indian National Congress
1977
1980			Indian National Congress (U)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996
1998
1999
2004	P. Pookunhi Koya		Janata Dal (United)
2009	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed		Indian National Congress
2014	Mohammed Faizal Padippura		Nationalist Congress Party
2019
2024	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed		Indian National Congress

Election results

General election 1967

Independent candidate, P. M. Sayeed won the first election and represented this constituency in the 4th Lok Sabha. Sayeed was also the youngest MP elected to the 4th Lok Sabha.^[12]

1967 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	P. M. Sayeed	4,151	35.16	N/A
	Independent	A. T. Arnakad	3,765	31.89	N/A
	Independent	M. K. Thalakakkad	2,319	19.64	N/A
	Independent	M. M. Pappada	935	7.92	N/A
	Independent	C. K. T. Akkarapalli	637	5.40	N/A
Margin of victory			386	3.27	N/A
Turnout			11,897	82.02	N/A
	Independent win (new seat)

General election 1971

In the 1971 election, INC candidate, P. M. Sayeed was elected unopposed.^[14][15]

General election 1977

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 6th Lok Sabha.

1977 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	9,600	58.59	N/A
	Independent	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	6,786	41.41	N/A
Margin of victory			2,814	17.18	N/A
Turnout			16,480	84.64	N/A
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1980

P. M. Sayeed defected to the Indian National Congress (U) party but still held the seat and represented the constituency in the 7th Lok Sabha.^[9]

1980 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(U)	P. M. Sayeed	10,018	56.37	N/A
	JP	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	7,069	39.78	N/A
	INC	Amanulla Baliapathoda	685	3.85	−54.74
Margin of victory			2,949	16.59	−0.59
Turnout			17,860	88.78	+4.14
	INC(U) gain from INC		Swing

General election 1984

P. M. Sayeed returned to the INC and held the seat and represented the constituency in the 8th Lok Sabha.

1984 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	10,361	54.47	+50.62
	Independent	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	8,662	45.53	N/A
Margin of victory			1,699	8.94	−7.65
Turnout			19,105	86.98	−1.80
	INC gain from INC(U)		Swing	+50.62

General election 1989

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 9th Lok Sabha.

1989 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	13,323	52.27	−2.20
	Independent	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	12,167	47.73	+2.20
Margin of victory			1,156	4.54	−4.40
Turnout			25,555	84.99	−1.99
	INC hold		Swing	-2.20

General election 1991

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 10th Lok Sabha.

1991 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	12,801	50.55	−1.72
	Independent	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	12,520	49.45	+1.72
Margin of victory			281	1.10	−3.44
Turnout			25,449	80.37	−4.62
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1996

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 11th Lok Sabha.

1996 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	15,611	51.71	+1.16
	Samata Party	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	14,577	48.29	N/A
Margin of victory			1,034	3.42	+2.32
Turnout			30,373	89.04	+8.67
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1998

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 12th Lok Sabha.

1998 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	16,014	51.55	−0.16
	Samata Party	Mohammed Koya Kunnamkalam	15,050	48.45	+0.16
Margin of victory			964	3.10	−0.32
Turnout			31,264	85.10	−3.94
	INC hold		Swing

General election 1999

P. M. Sayeed held the seat and represented the constituency in the 13th Lok Sabha.

1999 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	16,113	53.96	+2.41
	JD(U)	K. P. Muthukoya	12,924	43.28	N/A
	JD(S)	Hussain Faburikage	542	1.82	N/A
	Independent	Ameer Biyyammada	281	0.94	N/A
Margin of victory			3,189	10.68	+7.58
Turnout			30,174	80.21	−4.89
	INC hold		Swing

General election 2004

P. Pookunhi Koya of the JD (U) party (part of the BJP-led NDA) defeated the ten term incumbent MP, P. M. Sayeed by 71 votes.

General election, 2004: Lakshadweep^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(U)	P. Pookunhi Koya	15,597	49.02	+5.74
	INC	P. M. Sayeed	15,526	48.79	−5.17
	JP	E. P. Attakoya Thangal	468	1.47	N/A
	SP	Ameer Puthiyathanoda	229	0.72	N/A
Margin of victory			71	0.23	−10.45
Turnout			31,820	81.52	+1.31
	JD(U) gain from INC		Swing

General election 2009

Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed won the seat and also became the youngest member of the 15th Lok Sabha.^[9]

General Election, 2009: Lakshadweep^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed	20,492	51.88	+3.09
	NCP	P. Pookunhi Koya	18,294	46.32	N/A
	CPI(M)	M. K. Lukmanul Hakeem	467	1.18	N/A
	BJP	K. P. Muthukoya	245	0.62	N/A
Margin of victory			2,198	5.56	+5.33
Turnout			39,498	85.90	+4.38
	INC gain from JD(U)		Swing

General election 2014

Mohammed Faizal P. P. of the Nationalist Congress Party won the seat and represented the constituency in the 16th Lok Sabha.

2014 Indian general elections: Lakshadweep^[26][27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Mohammed Faizal P. P.	21,665	50.11	+3.79
	INC	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed	20,130	46.56	−5.32
	SP	Komalam Koya	488	1.13	N/A
	CPI(M)	Abdul Muneer	465	1.08	−0.10
	BJP	M. P. Sayed Mohammed Koya	187	0.43	−0.19
	CPI	Najmudheen C. T.	181	0.42	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	123	0.28	N/A
Margin of victory			1,535	3.55	−2.01
Turnout			43,239	86.61	+0.71
	NCP gain from INC		Swing	+3.79

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Lakshadweep

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Mohammed Faizal Padippura	22,851	48.61	−1.50
	INC	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed	22,028	46.86	+0.3
	JD(U)	Mohammed Siddique K.P.	1,342	2.85	New
	CPI(M)	Sherif Khan	420	0.89	−0.19
	CPI	Ali Akbar Konjando	143	0.3	−0.12
	BJP	Abdul Khader Haji	125	0.27	−0.16
	NOTA	None of the above	100	0.21
Margin of victory			823	1.75	−1.8
Turnout			47,026	85.21	−1.4
	NCP hold		Swing	-1.5

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Lakshadweep^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed	25,726	52.29	5.43
	NCP-SP	Mohammed Faizal Padippura	23,079	46.91	46.91
	NCP	Yusuf T. P.	201	0.41	48.20
	NOTA	None of the above	133	0.27	0.06
Majority			2,647	5.38	3.63
Turnout			49,200	85.14	1.05
	INC gain from NCP		Swing

See also

• Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency
• Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Government of India

Notes

1. Thangal was directly appointed by the President of India to serve as MP for this constituency in 1957 and 1962.