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UT: Lakshdweep
Constituency: Lakshdweep (ST)
Total Votes Polled: 30373
Winner: INC P M Sayeed 15611
Runner Up: JD Mohammedkoya Kunnamkulam 14577
Margin: 1034 (3.43%)

Right from the first election in 1967, the people of this Union territory have voted for only one MP: P M Sayeed. He was elected the first time as an Independent, and in 1980 he was part of the Congress-Urs, but otherwise he has remained with the Congress. And since 1977, he has faced the same opponent: Mohammed Koya. In 1996 Sayeed's winning margin was 1,134 votes.

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