2024 Wayanad by-election

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2024 Wayanad by-election
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  2024 13 November 2024Next 

Wayanad constituency
Turnout64.22% Decrease2.svg 9.35%
 First partySecond party
 
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (7).jpg
Satyan mokeri DSC 0636.resized.JPG
Candidate Priyanka Gandhi Sathyan Mokeri
Party INC CPI
Popular vote6,22,3382,11,407
Percentage64.99%22.08%
SwingIncrease2.svg 5.30%Decrease2.svg 4.01%

MP before election

Rahul Gandhi
INC

Elected MP

Priyanka Gandhi
INC

Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election was held on 13 November 2024. In the previous election held months prior, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli. Indian law states that while one can contest multiple seats in an election, they can only remain an MP for one. Thus, Gandhi resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election. His sister, Priyanka Gandhi, is making a long-awaited electoral debut in the seat[ citation needed ], making the election notable. With the results being released on 23 November, she won the seat with a large margin - but below the 5 lakh target set by the Congress.

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Background

In the 2024 general elections, Rahul Gandhi contested from two Lok Sabha constituencies, Wayanad and Rae Bareli. He won both the seats by more than 3.5 lakh votes. Rahul announced that he would remain a member of the Lok Sabha from Rae Bareilly and resigned from Wayanad. [1] [2] On 21 October 2024, Election Commission of India announced the schedule for Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections and various state assembly by-elections were announced on the same day.

Result

2024 by-election: Wayanad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Priyanka Gandhi 622,338 64.99 Increase2.svg 5.3
CPI Sathyan Mokeri 2,11,40722.08Decrease2.svg4.01
BJP Navya Haridas1,09,93911.48Decrease2.svg1.51
NOTA None of the above 5,4060.57Decrease2.svg0.5
Majority 4,10,93142.9Increase2.svg9.32
Turnout 9,57,57164.22Decrease2.svg9.35
INC hold Swing

Previous result

2024 Indian general election: Wayanad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rahul Gandhi 647,445 59.69 Decrease2.svg5.25
CPI Annie Raja 283,02326.09Increase2.svg0.85
BJP K. Surendran 141,04513.00Increase2.svg6.75
NOTA None of the above6,9990.65
Majority 364,42233.59Decrease2.svg6.09
Turnout 10,846,5373.57Decrease2.svg6.8
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg 5.25

Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election. [3]

See also

References

  1. "Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: Wayanad or Raebareli? Rahul Gandhi says 'if it was in my control...'". Mint . 4 June 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. "Rahul Gandhi to retain Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat; Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Wayanad". The Hindu. 17 June 2024. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. "Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024".