Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| Assembly constituencies | Mananthavady Sulthan Bathery Kalpetta Thiruvambady Eranad Nilambur Wandoor |
| Established | 2009 |
| Total electors | 1,357,819 (2019) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2024 by-election |
Assembly segments
editWayanad Parliamentary Constituency is composed of 56 LSG segments of the following Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies:[1]
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Mananthavady (ST) | Wayanad | O. R. Kelu | CPI(M) | |
| 18 | Sulthan Bathery (ST) | I. C. Balakrishnan | INC | ||
| 19 | Kalpetta | T Siddique | INC | ||
| 32 | Thiruvambady | Kozhikode | Linto Joseph | CPI(M) | |
| 34 | Eranad | Malappuram | P. K. Basheer | IUML | |
| 35 | Nilambur | P. V. Anvar | IND | ||
| 36 | Wandoor (SC) | A. P. Anil Kumar | INC | ||
Members of Parliament
edit| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | M. I. Shanavas | Indian National Congress | |
| 2014 | |||
| 2019 | Rahul Gandhi | ||
| 2024 | |||
| 2024^ | Priyanka Gandhi Vadra | ||
^By-Poll
Election results
edit2024 by-election
editCongress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli, resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election.[2] Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had won by a margin of 4,10,931 votes.[3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Priyanka Gandhi | 622,338 | 64.99 |  5.3
| |
| CPI | Sathyan Mokeri | 2,11,407 | 22.08 |  4.01
| |
| BJP | Navya Haridas | 1,09,939 | 11.48 | 1.51
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 5,406 | 0.57 | 0.5
| |
| Majority | 4,10,931 | 42.9 | 9.32
| ||
| Turnout | 9,57,571 | 64.22 | 9.35
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.3
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General elections 2024
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 647,445 | 59.69 | 5.25
| |
| CPI | Annie Raja | 283,023 | 26.09 | 0.85
| |
| BJP | K. Surendran | 141,045 | 13.00 | 6.75
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,999 | 0.65 | ||
| Majority | 364,422 | 33.59 | 7.09
| ||
| Turnout | 10,84,653 | 73.57 | 6.8
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.25
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Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.[5]
General elections 2019
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Rahul Gandhi | 706,367 | 64.94 | 23.73
| |
| CPI | P. P. Suneer | 274,597 | 25.24 | 13.68
| |
| BDJS | Thushar Vellappally | 78,816 | 7.25 | N/A | |
| SDPI | Babu Mani | 5,426 | 0.50 | 1.07
| |
| Margin of victory | 4,31,770 | 39.69 | 37.41 | ||
| Turnout | 10,87,783 | 80.37 | 6.77 | ||
| Registered electors | 13,59,679 | 8.82 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 23.73 | |||
General elections 2014
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. I. Shanavas | 377,035 | 41.21 | 8.66
| |
| CPI | Sathyan Mokeri | 356,165 | 38.92 | 7.69
| |
| BJP | P. R. Rasmilnath | 80,752 | 8.83 | 4.98
| |
| Independent | P. V. Anvar | 37,123 | 4.06 | N/A | |
| SDPI | Jaleel Neelambra | 14,327 | 1.57 | New | |
| WPOI | Ramla Mampad | 12,645 | 1.38 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,735 | 1.17 | N/A | |
| AAP | P. P. A. Sageer | 10,684 | 1.17 | New | |
| Independent | Sathyan Thazhemangad | 5,476 | 0.60 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 20,870 | 2.28 | 16.35
| ||
| Turnout | 9,15,006 | 73.25 | 1.50
| ||
| Registered electors | 12,49,420 | 13.37
| |||
| INC hold | Swing | 8.66
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General elections 2009
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. I. Shanavas | 410,703 | 49.86 | ||
| CPI | M. Rahmathulla | 257,264 | 31.23 | ||
| NCP | K. Muraleedharan | 99,663 | 12.10 | ||
| BJP | C. Vasudevan Master | 31,687 | 3.85 | ||
| Independent | Rahmathulla Pooladan | 6,459 | 0.78 | ||
| Independent | Shanavas Malappuram | 4,015 | 0.49 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,53,439 | 18.63 | |||
| Turnout | 8,23,694 | 74.76 | New | ||
| Registered electors | 11,02,097 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Wayanad Election Results". Wayanad Election Results (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ The Hindu (23 November 2024). "Priyanka wins Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by huge margin, Congress retains Nanded too". Archived from the original on 23 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ^ Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Wayanad bypoll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ^ "Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024".
- ^ "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ^ "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 22 October 2021.