2019 Indian general election in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The 2019 Indian general election in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, held for the one seat in the Islands. Congress candidate Kuldeep Rai Sharma won the election from the only seat. Sharma defeated BJP candidate Vishal Jolly.^[1]

2019 Indian general election in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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1 seat
Turnout	65.12%
First party Second party   Leader Kuldeep Rai Sharma Vishal Jolly Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Last election 0 1 Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 95,308 93,901 Percentage 45.98% 45.30% Swing 2.29 2.50
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Lok Sabha Constituency
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Vishal Jolly	1

  United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	Indian National Congress			Kuldeep Rai Sharma	1

Details

2019 Indian general election: Andman & Nicobar Islands

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
	NOTA	None of the above	1,412	0.68
	Independent	Henry	994	0.48
	Independent	K Venkat Ram Babu	914	0.44
	Independent	Minati Biswas	618	0.3
	Independent	S Sudershan Rao	475	0.23
	Independent	V V Khalid	306	0.15
	Independent	K Kalimuthu	275	0.13
	Independent	C U Rasheed	273	0.13
	Independent	Gour Chandra Majumder	221	0.11
Margin of victory			1,407	0.68	−3.43
Turnout			207,398	65.12	−5.54
	INC gain from BJP		Swing