Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency

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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
Incumbent Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024 by-election

Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Wayanad 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		Aryadan Shoukath		INC
36	Wandoor (SC)		A. P. Anil Kumar		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
2009	M. I. Shanavas		Indian National Congress
2014
2019	Rahul Gandhi
2024
2024 [a]	Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			64.99%
2024			59.69%
2019			64.94%
2014			41.21%
2009			49.86%

2024 by-election

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was elected from two seats, Wayanad and Rae Bareli, resigned from Wayanad thereby causing a by-election. ^[3] Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had won by a margin of 4,10,931 votes. ^{[4] [5]}

2024 by-election: Wayanad

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

General elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Wayanad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rahul Gandhi	647,445	59.69	5.25
	CPI	Annie Raja	2,83,023	26.09	0.85
	BJP	K. Surendran	1,41,045	13.00	6.75
	NOTA	None of the above	6,999	0.65
Majority			3,64,422	33.59	7.09
Turnout			10,86,459	74.19
	INC hold		Swing	5.25

Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election. ^[6]

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Wayanad ^[7]

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

2014 Indian general election: Wayanad ^[8]

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

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Wayanad ^[9]

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

• 2019 Indian general election in Kerala

Notes

1. By-election. ^[2]

References

1. Philip, Shaju (31 March 2019). "Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls". The Indian Express . Retrieved 31 March 2019.
2. "Priyanka Gandhi posts thumping maiden election win from Wayanad". The Hindu. 23 November 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
3. "Wayanad Election Results". Wayanad Election Results (in Malayalam). Retrieved 22 November 2024.
4. 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.
5. Election Commission of India (23 November 2024). "Wayanad bypoll Result 2024". Archived from the original on 25 November 2024. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
6. "Wayanad Lok Sabha Election results 2024".
7. "General Election 2019". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
8. "General Election 2014". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.
9. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

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