Highlights of Lok Sabha General Election 2024 held in A&N Islands
Sri Vijaya Puram ,
Along with the rest of India, the Election machinery in this UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands successfully conducted the General Election to the Lok Sabha in the first phase on 19th April, 2024, with the counting of votes held on 04th June, 2024.
The highlights related to the Lok Sabha General Election 2024 are listed below:
Electors/Voters
- Registered Electors: For Lok Sabha: 3,15,745 Electors in 2024 as compared to 3,18,471 in 2019.
- 2,02,597 votes polled in 2024, compared to 2,07,398 in 2019
- EVM+Postal Votes: 2,02,597
- EVM Votes: 2,01,992
l Male: 1,05,614
l Female: 96,376
l Third Gender: 02
- Postal Ballots: 605
- District with the highest turnout: 74.31% (Nicobar)
- District with the lowest turnout: 59.57% (South Andaman).
- Number of districts with Voting Percentage less than 50%: 0
- NOTA got 1809 (0.89%) in 2024 compared to 1412 (0.68%) in 2019.
- 50% voter turnout of transgender voters (third gender)
Polling Stations
- 412 polling stations in 2024, compared to 406 in 2019
- Average number of Electors/Polling Station: 766
- District with the highest number of PS: South Andaman (223 PS)
- District with the lowest number of PS: Nicobar (57 PS)
- District with the highest increase in number of Polling Stations in 2024 as compared to that of in 2019: South Andaman (06 PSs).
- The Smallest Polling Stations in regard to elector is Pilopatia with 12 votes under Nicobar district.
Nomination
- 15 nominations filed in 2024, compared to 19 in 2019.
- In 2024 elections, 12 qualified as contesting candidates after rejection of nominations and withdrawals from a total of 15 nominations filed in ANIPC. The number of Contesting Candidates in 2019 Lok Sabha elections was 15.
Women Power
Ø Registered Electors
l 1,51,169 Women electors out of 3,15,745, in 2024, compared to 1,49,188 in 2019.
l 47.88% Female Electors in 2024 compared to 46.85% in 2019.
l District with the highest percentage share of Female electors in 2024: South Andaman (66.34%) followed by North & Middle Andaman (25.44%).
Ø Voting: 63.75% of Female Electors voted in 2024 as compared to 64.17% of Male Electors.
- Contesting Candidates: Number of Female Contesting Candidates was 02, compared to 01 Female Contesting Candidate in 2019.
- 09 Polling station managed by all women members in GE 2024.
Inclusive Elections
- 04 registered Third Gender Elector in 2024, compared to 09 in 2019. A decrease of 44.44% over the five-year period.
- District with the highest No. of registered Third Gender Elector: South Andaman (04).
- 2422 registered PwD Electors in 2024.
- 50% transgender voters (third gender) voted in Lok Sabha Elections - 2024 compared to 50% in 2019 - same.
