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2019 Indian General Election In Lakshadweep
Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) constituency, which covers the entire area of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India. This seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. As of 2014, it is the smallest Lok Sabha constituency in terms of electorate. Lakshadweep didn't have an elected Member of Parliament till 1967.

Until 1957, Lakshadweep formed part of a constituency in the Malabar District, but it was only in 1967 that its member of parliament (MP) was directly elected, having previously been appointed by the President of India. Its first MP was K. Nalla Koya Thangal of the Indian National Congress (INC) who served two terms from 1957 to 1967. 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 eight 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. In the 2009 election, Sayeed's son, Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed, won the seat. After 2019 General elections, Mohammed Faizal Padippura of the Nationalist Congress Party was the MP till his disqualification. He was disqualified after he was convicted with 10 year jail term. However, his conviction was suspended by Kerala High Court, and he was reinstated as MP.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1957 K. Nalla Koya Thangal 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 Mohammed Faizal Padippura Nationalist Congress Party
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.

1967 Indian general election: Lakshadweep
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.

General election 1977

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

1977 Indian general election: Lakshadweep
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.

1980 Indian general election: Lakshadweep
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

General Election, 2009: Lakshadweep
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
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed 25,726 52.29 Increase5.43
NCP(SP) Mohammed Faizal Padippura 23,079 46.91 Increase46.91
NCP Yusuf T.P. 201 0.41 Decrease48.20
NOTA None of the above 133 0.27 Increase0.06
Majority 2,647 5.38 Increase3.63
Turnout 49,200 85.14 Decrease1.05
INC gain from NCP Swing

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