Lakshadweep Lok Sabha elections 2024: Voters are set to reach at polling stations on April 19 because the islands of Lakshadweep will go for the high-octane Lok Sabha elections within the first section of the polls. Lakshadweep will witness a three-party contest between sitting candidate Mohammed Faizal PP of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction), the Indian National Congress and the official NCP beneath Ajit Pawar.
Voting will begin on Friday to pick the only real Lok Sabha MP from the smallest Lok Sabha constituency and the outcomes might be introduced on June 4. The sitting MP is Mohammed Faizal from NCP (Sharad Pawar), who defeated Congress’ Muhammed Hamdullah Sayeed for the second time in 2019 with a slender margin of 823 votes. Faizal garnered 22,851 votes with a vote share of 49.00 per cent and defeated Hamdullah Sayeed from INC who obtained 22,028 votes (46.84 per cent).
In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Faizal gained the seat, defeating Sayeed by a margin of 1,535 votes. Faizal gained 21,665 votes with a vote share of fifty.10 per cent whereas Sayeed gained 20,130 votes (46.55 per cent). Sayeed gained within the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. It is necessary to say that the Lakshadweep constituency is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.
Three-party contest
The sitting MP in Lakshadweep is more likely to witness a a lot stronger problem for the reason that NCP break up into two factions, which suggests Faizal has misplaced the ‘clock’ image that gained him the final two elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has prolonged help to Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction, which has fielded Yusuf TP within the Lakshadweep seat. Meanwhile, Congress has as soon as once more nominated Hamdullah Sayeed because the candidate within the Lok Sabha seat.
While different events beneath the banner of left events like CPM, CPI, BJP and JD(U) contested in 2019, they solely managed to win 2,000-odd votes within the Lok Sabha elections. This time, solely three events are within the fray – the NCP (Sharad Pawar), the INC and the NCP (Ajit Pawar), alongside with an unbiased candidate Koya.
Sayeed has claimed that there’s “strong resentment” in opposition to the insurance policies and inaction of incumbent MP Mohammed Faizal of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) within the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. “Today the people of Lakshadweep are fed up with the present regime and with the present MP. There’s a very strong resentment against the policies and against the inaction of the MP,” he instructed information company ANI.
On the opposite hand, NCP (SP) candidate Faizal has affirmed confidence that the anti-incumbency issue wouldn’t have an effect on the coral islands of Lakshwadeep”. The island has acquired some consideration because of a spike in home tourism initiatives following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to.
Faizal’s authorized challenges
In October final yr, Faizal was disqualified as a member of the Lok Sabha after the Kerala High Court rejected his plea for suspension of his conviction in an try to homicide case. This got here months after he was beforehand disqualified in January 2023 after a periods courtroom at Kavaratti had convicted him and three others on prices of making an attempt to homicide P Salih in 2009 and sentenced all three to rigorous imprisonment for 10 years.
It was a singular case the place a sitting Lok Sabha MP was disqualified twice inside a yr. However, the Supreme Court suspended the Kerala High Court’s choice and Faizal was reinstated within the Lok Sabha in November final yr. Subsequently, the Lok Sabha Secretariat revoked Faizal’s suspension, permitting him to proceed as MP.
Lok Sabha election ends in 2019
Mohammed Faizal PP of the NCP gained 22,851 votes (49.00 per cent) in 2019, defeating Congress’ Hamdullah Sayeed, who gained 22,028 votes (46.84 per cent), by a slim margin of 823 votes.
Lok Sabha election ends in 2014
Mohammed Faizal PP of the NCP gained 21,665 votes (50.10 per cent) in 2019, defeating Congress’ Hamdullah Sayeed, who gained 20,130 votes (46.55 per cent), by a margin of 1,535 votes.
