Elections 98

State:	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Constituency:	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Total Votes Polled:	147698
Winner: INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	52365
Runner Up: BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	51821
Margin: 544 (1%)

Elections 96

UT:	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Constituency:	Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Total Votes Polled:	130918
Winner: INC	Manoranjan Bhakta	74642
Runner Up: BJP	Bishnu Pada Ray	31097
Margin: 43545 (33.96%)

The Congress won this seat till 1967, and from 1971 it has been the CPI-M's turn. Gaddar Saha was MP for four terms, and the next three times it has been Ramachandra Dome's turn. In 1996 Dome defeated the Congress's Mamata Saha by 111,000 votes.