Lakshadweep Election Result 2019: Mohammed Faizal P.P. of NCP leading against Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed

Mohammed Faizal P.P of NCP is leading against Congress's Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed. At 3pm, the difference between their votes was around 1,000.

Lakshadweep is located off the coast of Kerala in the Arabian sea and the coral Island is the smallest single constituency in the democracy of India in terms of the number of voters. The union territory went for polling on April 11, 2019 during the first phase of elections. The single parliamentary constituency of Lakshadweep is reserved for the candidates from the Scheduled Tribes. For so long, Lakshadweep has been a strong Congress bastion. However, during 2014 general elections, Mohammed Faizal PP of the Nationalist Congress party won from here and became a Lok Sabha MP.

He defeated the Congress candidate Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed, the son of veteran Congress leader PM Sayeed during 2014 general elections. Hadmulla had earlier won the seat in 2009. The first MP from the union territory was the Congress candidate K Nalla Koya Thangal. He was directly appointed by the President. Thangal held the seat for two terms during the period 1957 to 1967 and in this year the first election was held in Lakshadweep. From 1967 to 2004, PM Sayeed held this constituency for ten consecutive terms which was a record. In 2004, he was defeated by P Pookunhi Koya of the Janata Dal (United). During 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the key candidates lined up are Abdul Khader Haji of BJP, MH Sayeed of INC, Mohammed Faizal PP of NCP and Mohammed Sadique of JD (U).