Constituency
1. Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Community mirrorAndaman & Nicobar Islands · India Lok Sabha Election, 1989
IN-ANDAMAN-NICOBAR-ISLANDS
INC 47.2%won by 16.7%CPM 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedIndian 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%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1MANORANJAN BHAKTAIndian National Congress · INC53,38347.2%
- 2TAPAN BEPARICommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,46930.5%
- 3KANDASWAMY K.Ics (Scs) · ICSSCS19,17217.0%
- 4MARIDAR S.M.JIndependent · IND4,4573.9%
- 5ROBERT R.Independent · IND8060.7%
- 6ZUBAIDA CHEKUIndependent · IND5530.5%
- 7SHREEF J.B.Independent · IND2250.2%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- −23.7%
- INC share
- 52.8% → 47.2%
- CPM share
- 12.5% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- 77.0% → 70.3%