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Andaman & Nicobar Islands · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989

IN-ANDAMAN-NICOBAR-ISLANDS

INC 47.2%won by 16.7%CPM 30.5%

What changed here

Derived

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.5% to 16.7%.

  • Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
  • Runner-up changedSecond place passed from LKD (LKD) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.7% between them, down from 84.2% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 6.7% to 70.3%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
1,60,940
Turnout
70.3%
Valid votes
1,13,065
Margin
18,914
16.73%

Since 1984

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
INC
INCCPM swing
−23.7%
INC share
52.8% 47.2%
CPM share
12.5% 30.5%
Turnout
77.0% 70.3%