Andaman & Nicobar Islands · PC 1

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

211,226

Electors

128,212

Votes polled

60.70%

Turnout

43,545

Margin

Winner

Manoranjan Bhakta

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Manoranjan Bhakta Won Male	INC	74,642	58.22%
2	Bishnu Pada Ray Male	BJP	31,097	24.25%
3	Tapan Kumar Bepari Male	CPM	18,363	14.32%
4	Sundaram S N Male	IND	927	0.72%
5	Vinod Kumar Gupta Male	IND	707	0.55%
6	Mathews P A Male	IND	544	0.42%
7	Mohan N B Male	JP	527	0.41%
8	Kalimuthu Male	IND	511	0.40%
9	Satyanarayana Rao S Male	IND	448	0.35%
10	Balraj S A Male	IND	258	0.20%
11	Sharieff J B Male	IND	188	0.15%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Bishnu Pada Ray Male BJP	50.56%	Kuldeep Rai Sharma Male INC	38.52%
2019	Kuldeep Rai Sharma Male INC	45.95%	Vishal Jolly Male BJP	45.28%
2014	Bishnu Pada Ray Male BJP	47.79%	Kuldeep Rai Sharma Male INC	43.69%
2009	Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray BJP	44.21%	Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma INC	42.46%
1999	Bishnu Pada Ray Male BJP	52.74%	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	43.17%
1998	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	35.91%	Bishnu Pada Ray Male BJP	35.53%
1996	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	58.22%	Bishnu Pada Ray Male BJP	24.25%
1991	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	50.39%	Tapan Bepari Male CPM	44.14%
1989	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	47.21%	Tapan Bepari Male CPM	30.49%
1984	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	52.85%	K.Kandaswamy Male LKD	31.34%
1980	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC(I)	53.29%	P.K.S. Prasad Male CPM	20.30%
1977	Manoranjan Bhakta Male INC	58.45%	K.R. Ganesh Male IND	41.55%