2024 Indian general election in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The 2024 Indian general election was held on 19 April 2024 in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to elect the 1 member of the 18th Lok Sabha. BJP candidate Bishnu Pada Ray won the only seat by defeating Congress's Kuldeep Rai Sharma

2024 Indian general election in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

19 April 2024
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands seat in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	64.1% ( 1.02 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Bishnu Pada Ray Kuldeep Rai Sharma Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 2024 2019 Leader's seat Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andaman and Nicobar Islands (lost) Last election 45.30%, 0 seat 45.98%, 1 seat Seats won 1 0 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 102,182 77,829 Percentage 50.59% 38.53% Swing 5.29 pp 7.45 pp
Result Map of the 2024 general election in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

Election schedule

Poll event	Phase
	I
Notification date	20 March 2024
Last date for filing nomination	27 March 2024
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March 2024
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	30 March 2024
Date of poll	19 April 2024
Date of counting of votes/Result	4 June 2024
No. of constituencies	1

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Bishnu Pada Ray	1

Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

  Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

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

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Arun Kumar Mallik	1
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			D. Ayyappan	1
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			V. S. Baskaran	1
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)			Salman Mustafa Mondal	1
	Andaman Nicobar Democratic Congress		Coconut Farm	Manoj Paul	1
	Total				5

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INDIA			Others
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands		BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray		INC	Kuldeep Rai Sharma		AIADMK	K. J. B. Selvaraj
									BSP	Arun Kumar Mallik
									CPI(M)	D. Ayyappan

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of error				Lead
			NDA	INDIA	Others
India TV-CNX	April 2024	±3%	1	0	0	NDA
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024	±5%	1	0	0	NDA

Exit polls

Polling agency				Lead
	NDA	INDIA	Others
Actual results	1	0	0	NDA

Results

Results by party and alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	1,02,182	52.17%	6.79%	1	1	1
	INDIA		INC	77,829	38.53%	7.44%	1	0	1
	Others			16,255	8.03%		5
	IND			3,974	1.96%		5
	NOTA			1089	0.89%
Total				202,514	100%	-	12	1	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner							Runner-up							Margin
			Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%
1	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	64.10%		BJP		NDA	Bishnu Pada Ray	1,02,182	52.17%		INC		INDIA	Kuldeep Rai Sharma	77,829	38.53%	24,396

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh
• 2024 Indian general election in Arunachal Pradesh
• 2024 Indian general election in Assam