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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Kerala}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| type = LS<br />
| name = Wayanad<br />
| image = Rahul Gandhi.jpg<br />
| caption = Rahul Gandhi, Current MP from Wayanad<br />
| established = 2009<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| mp = [[Rahul Gandhi]]<br />
| year = [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]]<br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| assembly_cons = *[[Mananthavady (State Assembly constituency)|Mananthavady]]<br />
*[[Sulthan Bathery (State Assembly constituency)|Sulthan Bathery]]<br />
*[[Kalpetta (State Assembly constituency)|Kalpetta]]<br />
*[[Thiruvambady (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvambady]]<br />
*[[Eranad (State Assembly constituency)|Eranad]]<br />
*[[Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)|Nilambur]]<br />
*[[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)|Wandoor]]<br />
| electors = 1,357,819 (2019)<br />
}}<br />
'''Wayanad Lok Sabha Constituency''' is one of the twenty [[Lok Sabha|Parliamentary Constituencies]] ([[Lok Sabha]]) in [[Kerala|Kerala State]] in southern [[India]]. <ref name=delimitation2008>{{cite web |url=https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/showfile?actid=AC_CEN_3_20_00030_200233_1517807324510&type=order&filename=Delimitation%20Order,2008.pdf |title=Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008 |date=26 November 2008 |access-date= 24 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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On 23 March 2023, the sitting MP [[Rahul Gandhi]]'s membership of Parliament was disqualified following [[Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi|his conviction]] and sentencing by a local court in Surat. On 4th August 2023, the Supreme Court restored his status as a [[member of parliament]] <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-25 |title=Rahul Gandhi disqualified: What this means, what happens next? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/explained-law-rahuls-disqualification-after-8517591/ |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-25 |title=Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP, can’t contest polls for 8 years if conviction not stayed |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-disqualified-as-mp-cant-contest-polls-for-8-years-if-conviction-not-stayed/articleshow/98979087.cms |access-date=2023-03-27 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-24 |title=Rahul Gandhi disqualified as MP after conviction in defamation case |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65023061 |access-date=2023-03-27}}</ref><br />
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==Assembly segments==<br />
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Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency is composed of the following [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] Constituencies:<ref name="wyd">{{cite news|last=Philip|first=Shaju |title=Explained: Introducing Wayanad, from where Rahul Gandhi will contest Lok Sabha polls|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-introducing-wayanad-from-where-rahul-gandhi-could-contest-lok-sabha-elections-5639694/?ddvsw|access-date=31 March 2019|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=31 March 2019}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|- <br />
! No<br />
! Name<br />
! District<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|17<br />
|[[Mananthavady (State Assembly constituency)|Mananthavady]] (ST)<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Wayanad district|Wayanad]]<br />
|[[O. R. Kelu]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]<br />
|-<br />
|18<br />
|[[Sulthan Bathery (State Assembly constituency)|Sulthan Bathery]] (ST)<br />
|[[I. C. Balakrishnan]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|19<br />
|[[Kalpetta (State Assembly constituency)|Kalpetta]]<br />
|[[T Siddique]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|32<br />
|[[Thiruvambady (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvambady]]<br />
|[[Kozhikode district|Kozhikode]]<br />
|[[Linto Joseph]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |<br />
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPIM]]<br />
|-<br />
|34<br />
|[[Eranad (State Assembly constituency)|Eranad]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]<br />
|[[P. K. Basheer]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}" |<br />
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]<br />
|-<br />
|35<br />
|[[Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)|Nilambur]]<br />
|[[P. V. Anvar]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent}}" |<br />
|[[Independent politician|LDF Ind]]<br />
|-<br />
|36<br />
|[[Wandoor (State Assembly constituency)|Wandoor]] (SC)<br />
|[[A. P. Anil Kumar]]<br />
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|}<br />
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==Members of Parliament==<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[M. I. Shanavas]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|[[Rahul Gandhi]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
{{bar box<br />
|float=right<br />
|title= Vote share of Winning candidates<br />
|titlebar=#ddd<br />
|width=300px<br />
|barwidth=275px<br />
|bars=<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2019|2019]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|64.94}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2014|2014]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|41.21}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2009|2009]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.86}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== General Elections 2019===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2019 Indian general election]] : Wayanad<ref name=election2019>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/1551-general-election-2019-including-vellore-pc/ |title=General Election 2019 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Rahul Gandhi]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=7,06,367 |percentage=64.94% |change=23.73% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. P. Suneer |party=Communist Party of India |votes=2,74,597 |percentage=25.24% |change=-13.68% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Thushar Vellappally |party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena |votes=78,816 |percentage=7.25% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Babu Mani |party=Social Democratic Party of India |votes=5,426 |percentage=0.50% |change=-1.07% }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=4,31,770 |percentage=39.69% |change=37.41% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=10,87,783 |percentage=80.37% |change= 6.77% }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 13,59,679 |change =8.82% }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 23.73% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
===General Elections 2014===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Indian general election]] : Wayanad<ref name=election2014>{{cite web |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/2857-constituency-wise-detailed-result/ |title=General Election 2014 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. I. Shanavas]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,77,035 |percentage=41.21% |change=-8.66% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Sathyan Mokeri]] |party=Communist Party of India |votes=3,56,165 |percentage=38.92% |change=7.69% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. R. Rasmilnath |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=80,752 |percentage=8.83% |change=4.98% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. V. Anvar |party=Independent politician |votes=37,123 |percentage=4.06% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Jaleel Neelambra |party=Social Democratic Party of India |votes=14,327 |percentage=1.57% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Ramla Mampad |party=Welfare Party of India |votes=12,645 |percentage=1.38% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=10,735 |percentage=1.17% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. P. A. Sageer |party=Aam Aadmi Party |votes=10,684 |percentage=1.17% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sathyan Thazhemangad |party=Independent politician |votes=5,476 |percentage=0.60% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=20,870 |percentage=2.28% |change=-16.35% }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=9,15,006 |percentage=73.25% |change= -1.50% }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 12,49,420 |change =13.37% }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= -8.66% }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
=== General Elections 2009===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2009 Indian general election]] : Wayanad<ref name=election2009>{{cite web |url=https://eci.gov.in/files/category/98-general-election-2009/ |title=General Election 2009 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 22 October 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. I. Shanavas]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=4,10,703 |percentage=49.86% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Rahmathulla |party=Communist Party of India |votes=2,57,264 |percentage=31.23% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[K. Muraleedharan]] |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes=99,663 |percentage=12.10% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Vasudevan Master |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=31,687 |percentage=3.85% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rahmathulla Pooladan |party=Independent politician |votes=6,459 |percentage=0.78% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Shanavas Malappuram |party=Independent politician |votes=4,015 |percentage=0.49% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,53,439 |percentage=18.63% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=8,23,694 |percentage=74.76% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 11,02,097 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[2019 Indian general election in Kerala]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala}}<br />
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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Wayanad district]]</div>Ajay Kumar