The picturesque islands of Lakshadweep will go to polls in the first phase of the General Elections on April 11, 2019. The only Parliamentary constituency in the Islands has a total electorate of 54266, out of which 27,475 are male electors and 26,791 are female electors. The number of first time electors in the age group 18-19 years is 2337, which is about 4.3% of the total number of electors in the union territory. There are 49 polling stations, set up to facilitate the voting process.
The Lakshadweep parliamentary constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The following table provides the list of contesting candidates from different political parties for the parliamentary constituency.
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Contesting Political Party
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Symbol Allotted
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Number of Contesting Candidates
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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Lotus
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01
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Communist Party of India
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Ears of Corn And Sickle
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01
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Nationalist Congress Party
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Clock
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01
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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Hammer, Sickle and Star
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01
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Indian National Congress
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Hand
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01
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Janata Dal (United)
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Arrow
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01
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Total Contesting Candidates
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06
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Source: ECI data
The seats won by the political parties which participated in the General Elections in 2014 and their vote shares in the Lakshadweep Islands are given below:
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No of Parliamentary Constituencies
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Total: 1 SC: 0 ST:1
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Contested Party Details
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Main Parties
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Seat Won in 2014
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Percentage of Votes polled in 2014
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Nationalist Congress Party- NCP
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1
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50.25 %
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Indian National Congress
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0
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46.69%
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)-CPI(M)
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0
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1.08%
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Communist Party of India-CPI
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0
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0.42 %
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Bharatiya Janata Party- BJP
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0
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0.43%
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GG: BN: TS